waste not want not
1waste not, want not — Want is variously used in the senses ‘lack’ and ‘desire’. Another proverb making the connection between waste and want is wilful waste makes woeful want. 1772 WESLEY Letter 10 Aug. (1931) V. 334 He will waste nothing; but he must want nothing.… …
2waste not, want not — mainly spoken phrase used for saying that people who do not waste things always have enough Thesaurus: to waste or misuse a thing or opportunitysynonym Main entry: waste * * * proverb if you use a commodity or resource carefully and without… …
3waste not, want not — If you don t waste things, you are less likely to end up lacking …
4waste not, want not — ► waste not, want not proverb if you use a commodity or resource carefully and without extravagance you will never be in need. Main Entry: ↑waste …
5waste not, want not — if you do not waste, you will not be needy Melinda s motto is Waste Not, Want Not. She s very efficient …
6waste not, want not — mainly spoken used for saying that people who do not waste things always have enough …
7waste not, want not — If you don t waste things, you are less likely to end up lacking. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
8Waste not, want not — If you don t waste things, you are less likely to end up lacking …
9waste — ► VERB 1) use carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose. 2) fail to make full or good use of. 3) (be wasted on) be unappreciated by. 4) (often waste away) become progressively weaker and more emaciated. 5) literary lay waste to. 6) …
10want — [wänt, wônt] vt. [ME wanten < ON vanta, to be lacking, want: see WANT the n.] 1. to have too little of; be deficient in; lack 2. to be short by (a specified amount) [it wants twelve minutes of midnight] 3. to feel the need of; long for; crave… …