Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

you never miss the water till the well runs dry

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

Syllables
you n-ev-er mis-s the wa-ter til-l the well run-s dry
IPA
62
Scrabble Score
38
Letters
7
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

People tend to take things for granted that are easily available.

Inflected Forms

you don't miss the water till the well runs dry (alternative) you never miss the water until the well runs dry (alternative)

Questions

What does you never miss the water till the well runs dry mean?
People tend to take things for granted that are easily available.

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