"Waste not... want not"

05.02.09, 12:53
Hi,

I'm a Star Trek fan and I love watching Deep Space Nine series - also for its
sense of humour and brilliant dialogues.
In one of them, after being accused of having made a grim joke, one of the
characters replies to another:
"Waste not... want not."
How would you translate it into Polish?

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    • la_dolce_vita Re: "Waste not... want not" 06.02.09, 09:07
      the saying/proverb means:

      If we don’t waste what we have, we’ll still have it in the future and will not lack (want) it.
    • minisufka Re: "Waste not... want not" 13.02.09, 14:33
      'said to advise someone not to waste anything, because they might
      need it in the future' (source: Cambridge Dict)

      doesn't really make much sense in this context, does it? depends
      what his joke was though! or maybe he was just mumbling to himself
      without much sense :) lol
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