tak dlouho se chodí se džbánem pro vodu, až se ucho utrhne
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “so long does one walk with a jug for water, until one day the handle breaks off”. Compare German der Krug geht so lange zum Brunnen, bis er bricht.
Proverb
[edit]tak dlouho se chodí se džbánem pro vodu, až se ucho utrhne
- when you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks down at some point
every day the bucket goes to the well but one day the bottom will drop out