waste not, want not

Meaning: (idiomatic)If one is notwastefulthen one will not be in need.1872,[Thomas Hardy], “VIII. They Dance More Wildly”, inUnder the Greenwood Tree: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School, volume I, London: Tinsley Brothers,→OCLC, part I,page114:Besides these, there were some little pleasures in the shape of helping her to vegetable she didn't want, and when it had nearly alighted on her plate, taking it across for his own use, on the plea ofwaste not, want not.1910,Edith Nesbit, chapter 2, inThe Magic City:“They take the cocoa-nuts to the town kitchen,” said the captain, “to be made into cocoa-nut ice for the army breakfast;waste not want not, you know.”2006July 9, Richard Corrigan, “Fish tales”, inSunday Times, UK, retrieved5 July 2008:I'm a believer in “waste not, want not”, and we roast our leftover bread, finely sliced and brushed with olive oil, in a low oven.

Examples:

EN: - He looks the waste not, want not type.
ES: - Seguramente lo miró y lo escondió. - Sí.
EN: Don't blame me - it's simply 'waste not, want not'.
ES: No está de acuerdo conmigo. Se suele decir: "no malgaste, y no estará necesitado."
EN: Don't blame me - it's simply "waste not, want not".
ES: No me culpe. Aquel que prevé, nunca lamenta su suerte.
EN: Haste makes waste, and waste not, want not.
ES: Vísteme despacio que tengo prisa y no desperdicies, podrías necesitarlo.
EN: Well, waste not, want not.
ES: Entonces me comeré los dos.
ES: Bien, desperdiciado, no deseado.
ES: El que desperdicia luego codicia.
EN: waste not, want not.
ES: No malgastes y nada te faltará.
EN: He was always industrious-- waste not, want not.
ES: no la quiere.
EN: Yeah, waste not, want not. Thanks.
ES: - Sí, no hay que desperdiciar.
EN: Well, waste not, want not, is what I say.
ES: Yo nunca desperdicio nada.
EN: And waste not, want not, you then gave them to your wife, didn't you?
ES: Y para no desperdiciarlas, se las dio a su esposa. ¿no?
EN: I found these tied to a lamppost and I thought waste not, want not.
ES: - Encontré esto en un poste de luz y pensé en no desperdiciarlo.
EN: It's like the good book says, waste not, want not.
ES: Es como dice el buen libro, no desperdiciar, no querer.
EN: But waste not, want not.
ES: Pero mejor no desperdiciarlo.
EN: But again, it was the waste not, want not, the frugality of the Finnish
ES: Pero de nuevo, no fue el desperdicio, quiero no, la frugalidad de los finlandeses
EN: Yeah, waste not, want not.
ES: Sí, no malgastes, y nada te faltará.

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