📚 proverb • entry_id 60059
the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tanto va el cántaro a la fuente que al final se rompe
When something is used enough times, it will eventually break down.
On these last two points the Chancellor could have given way. He was adamant because he and Hebert wanted to demonstrate their power. The pitcher goes so often to the well, that it…
She couldn't have expected her luck to last forever: The pitcher goes so often to the well, that it is broken at last, wasn't that what they said?
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