English / proverb
Grasp All, Lose All
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Attempting to seize or monopolize everything out of reckless greed often results in losing even what one already possessed.
In context
01
By trying to buy out every competing storefront on excessive borrowed credit, the retailer went bankrupt—grasp all, lose all.
02
Consolidate your existing market share before expanding aggressively into unknown territories, lest you grasp all and lose all.
Synonyms
greed brings ruin,covet all lose all,excessive ambition backfires
Antonyms
moderate ambition preserves gains,contentment brings security
Collocations
warn against grasp all lose all,trap of grasp all lose all,remember grasp all lose all