📚 proverb • entry_id 47228
the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak
Meanings (ES + gloss)
el espíritu está presto, mas la carne enferma
As much as one wishes to achieve something, the frailties of the human body often make it impossible. Sometimes extended to jocular or organizational referents.
I should have more willpower, but as the saying goes, “the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Thus, all too often, instead of going to waste, my leftovers go to “waist.”
It’s obvious that when it comes to business vs government regulation the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
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