"A rolling stone gathers no moss" Can you state it's meaning in your own words?
@narayan2006 (2954)
India
August 30, 2008 6:56am CST
" A rolling stone gathers no moss. " Can you state it's meaning in your own words with a relevant example? Do you have any personal experience in line with this saying?
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@cambiste (1244)
• India
30 Aug 08
i forgot to add something:
moss here means something that is interpreted as something to be avoided or coversly something to be desired, and a rolling stone as an unsettled or busy person.
The author, however meant the moss as something to be desired, and tried to explain it as:
a tree that has to be frequently replanted, bares no fruit.
As for an example, you can use it as you want. There was a song in which the author compares God to a Holy Rolling Stone.
You may have heard of Don Mclean's "American Pie" that has a lyric: moss grows fat on a rollling stone, but that's not what it used to be.
Anyway, hope the examples helped you understand. Happy mylotting.