📚 proverb • entry_id 39942
money doesn't grow on trees
Meanings (ES + gloss)
el dinero no crece en los árboles
Wealth cannot be obtained without some effort; hence currency is not always available for a prospective purchase.
Perhaps it was a Scotsman who, in response to an idea for lavish expenditure, first said "Money doesn't grow on trees".
Today's money worries certainly should make it easier for parents to teach their children that money doesn't grow on trees.
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