a rolling stone gathers no moss

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• General-American: /ə ˈɹol.ɪŋ stoʊn ˈɡæð.əɹz noʊ mɔs/
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No etymology was provided for this word.

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 滾石不生苔 /滚石不生苔 (gǔn shí bù shēng tái) — a person who never settles in one place will never be successful
• Danish: der gror ikke mos på rullesten — a person who never settles in one place will never be successful
• Dutch: een rollende steen vergaart geen mos — a person who never settles in one place will never be successful
• Finnish: vierivä kivi ei sammaloidu — a person who never settles in one place will never be successful
• French: pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse — a person who never settles in one place will never be successful
• Greek: λίθος κυλινδόμενος το φυκος ου ποιεί (líthos kylindómenos to fykos ou poieí) — a person who never settles in one place will never be successful
• Japanese: 転石苔むさず (tenseki koke musazu) — a person who never settles in one place will never be successful
• Korean: 우물을 파도 한 우물을 파라 (umureul pado han umureul para) — a person who never settles in one place will never be successful
• Latin: saxum volutum non obducitur musco — a person who never settles in one place will never be successful
• Polish: toczący się kamień nie porasta mchem — a person who never settles in one place will never be successful
• Portuguese: pedra que rola não cria limo — a person who never settles in one place will never be successful
• Scottish Gaelic: cha chinn còinneach air clach an udalain — a person who never settles in one place will never be successful
• Spanish: piedra que rueda no prende musgo — a person who never settles in one place will never be successful
• Spanish: piedra que rueda no cría moho — a person who never settles in one place will never be successful
• Spanish: piedra movediza nunca moho la cobija — a person who never settles in one place will never be successful
• Spanish: hombre de muchos oficios pobre seguro — a person who never settles in one place will never be successful
• Spanish: el que viaja no produce pero sí gasta — a person who never settles in one place will never be successful
• Tamil: ஒரு இடத்தில் இல்லாதவன் ஜெயிக்க மாட்டார் (oru iṭattil illātavaṉ jeyikka māṭṭār) — a person who never settles in one place will never be successful
• Turkish: yuvarlanan taş yosun tutmaz — a person who never settles in one place will never be successful
• Korean: 구르는 돌은 이끼가 안 낀다 (guruneun doreun ikkiga an kkinda) — a person must keep active in order to avoid stagnating
• Polish: toczący się kamień nie porasta mchem — a person must keep active in order to avoid stagnating
• Russian: под лежа́чий ка́мень вода́ не течёт (pod ležáčij kámenʹ vodá ne tečót) — a person must keep active in order to avoid stagnating