grasp all, lose all

English

Proverb

grasp all, lose all

1. One who wants everything may lose it all.

Translations

one who wants everything, may lose it all

• Catalan: qui molt abraça, poc estreny; qui molt abraça i poc estreny pateix de poc seny
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 貪字得個貧／贪字得个贫 (yue) (taam¹ zi⁶ dak¹ go³ pan⁴)

  Mandarin: 貪多必失／贪多必失 (tānduōbìshī), 欲盡得，必盡失／欲尽得，必尽失 (yù jǐn dé, bì jǐn shī), 樣樣都要，全數失掉／样样都要，全数失掉 (yàngyàng dōuyào, quánshù shīdiào)

• Finnish: joka kuuseen kurkottaa, se katajaan kapsahtaa (fi), parempi pyy pivossa kuin kymmenen oksalla
• French: qui trop embrasse mal étreint (fr)
• Hungarian: aki sokat markol, keveset fog (hu)
• Italian: chi troppo vuole nulla stringe
• Japanese: 二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず (ja) (nito o ou mono wa itto o mo ezu), 欲の熊鷹股裂く (yoku no kumataka mata saku)
• Portuguese: quem tudo quer tudo perde
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: за двумя́ за́йцами пого́нишься, ни одного́ не пойма́ешь (ru) (za dvumjá zájcami pogónišʹsja, ni odnovó ne pojmáješʹ)
• Spanish: la avaricia rompe el saco; quien mucho abarca, poco aprieta (es)
• Swedish: den som gapar efter mycket mister ofta hela stycket (sv), (short form) gapa efter mycket
• Vietnamese: tham thì thâm (vi)

See also

• bite off more than one can chew