pitcher

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | 353 words | Copyright

pitcher the pitcher will go to the well once too often proverbial saying, mid 14th century, meaning that one should not repeat a risky action too often, or push one's luck too far. A similar idea is found in the early 14th-century French saying, ‘the pot goes so often to the water that it breaks.’

See also little pitchers have long ears.

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