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Swedish
Etymology
From Aesop's fable The Dog and Its Reflection.
Literally, “the one who gapes for much often loses the whole piece”.
Proverb
den som gapar efter mycket mister ofta hela stycket
- grasp all, lose all
2017 June 13, Mats Wickman, “Det är som om politikerna vill jävlas med oss medborgare [It's as if the politicians want to mess with us citizens.]”, in Svenska Dagbladet:Den som gapar efter mycket mister ofta hela stycket, är en klassisk sentens som nu kan tillämpas på de styrande i Stockholms stad. Av den stora renovering av Medborgarhuset på Södermalm som skulle göra om hörsalen till bibliotek och biblioteket till restauranger blev tills vidare intet.- Grasp all, lose all; a classic sentiment that can now be applied to the authorities in the city of Stockholm. The extensive renovation of the Civic House in Södermalm, intended to transform the auditorium into a library and the library into restaurants, has, for the time being, come to nothing.
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