English Explanatory Dictionary

while the grass grows, the steed starves

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. In the process of trying to achieve something, one's aspirations may be realized too late.

Word forms

while the grass grows, the steed starves

Etymology

From Latin dum gramen crescit, equus in moriendo quiescit (“while the grass grows, the horse lies dying”).

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