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all work and no play makes Jack a dull boyacentos
gen. одна работа без забавы - от неё тупеешь, право
dich. от работы кони дохнут (Don't come to the office this weekend. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. • Come out to the pub with us tonight! All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 4uzhoj)
prov. умей дело делать – умей и позабавиться; делу время, а потехе час (Come out to the pub with us tonight! All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.)
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all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
dich. said to warn someone that they will not be an interesting person by working all the time (cambridge.org); used to say that you should not spend all your time working, but should spend some of your time relaxing (ldoceonline.com); used about a situation in which someone spends a lot of time working and has no time for other activities (macmillandictionary.com); without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring (wikipedia.org)
prov. constant work without rest or relaxation is harmful to one's personal life and well-being (In addition to firm information, we have a little game because all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy • Though you agree that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, the industrious and methodical part of you will do justice to your work. lexico.com); it is not healthy for someone to work all the time and never play (Often used to exhort someone to stop working, or to justify why you have stopped working; you can substitute the name of the person you are addressing for Jack: Don't come to the office this weekend. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. • I'd like to take a week's vacation next month. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. thefreedictionary.com); working too much can be bad for one's health or can make one boring (Come out to the pub with us tonight! All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. thefreedictionary.com); too much focus on one's career may lead to one being uninteresting company (wiktionary.org); too much hard work and not enough leisure time can be unhealthy (wiktionary.org)