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Waste not, want not
If we don't waste what we have, we'll still have it in the future and will not lack (want) it.
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
The result is a relatively respectable chicken quesadilla that not only sates you in the moment, but satisfies a core value of "waste not, want not."
The Massier family was able to survive by adopting the philosophy of “waste not, want not,” “use it up or wear it out” and “make do or do without,” she said.
Controlling waste is something everyone can do to help the planet, she said, in a column called "Waste not, want not".
Art Shibley, the owner of the Yours Truly diner in Hudson, Ohio, began by attributing it to Depression-era thinking and the principle of “waste not, want not.”
Waste not, want not: California’s wet winter has dumped an estimated 18 trillion gallons of rain in February alone.
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