You can't be half pregnant

Meaning: A condition either exists completely or not at all; commitment cannot be partial or ambiguous.

Origin: A folk saying for situations with no middle ground: either something is so or it isn't. Its first use hasn't been traced.

More proverbs about Wisdom

You can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear — Inferior materials cannot be transformed into superior products through effort alone.
You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds — Loyalty to opposing sides simultaneously is impossible; you must choose which faction to…
You don't dip your pen in company ink — Romantic entanglements with colleagues create workplace conflicts and jeopardize professi…
You don't miss the water till the well runs dry — We overlook what sustains us until deprivation forces us to recognize its true value.
Absence cools moderate passions, and inflames violent ones. — Distance fades mild affections but makes intense ones burn all the hotter.
The absent are always at fault. — Those not present to defend themselves get the blame.

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Menefreghista — Someone who has made not caring into an entire stance — indifference as a way of life.
Apericena — The evening drink whose accompanying buffet is generous enough to replace dinner altogeth…