waste not, want not

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谚语
  1. If one is not wasteful then one will not be in need. idiomatic
    — 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 of waste not, want not.
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