English Dictionary

use it or lose it

ことわざ

Skills or knowledge that are seldom applied are likely to be lost with time. / Property and privileges will be lost if they are not utilized.

日本語の意味

使わなければ失われる。例えば、技能や知識は使わないと衰えてしまう。 / 権利や所有物も、利用しなければ保持できなくなる。

When studying a language, remember the old proverb 'use it or lose it' and practice speaking whenever you can.

語学を学ぶときは「使わなければ失う」ということわざを心に留め、話す練習をできるだけ行いなさい。

意味（1）

Skills or knowledge that are seldom applied are likely to be lost with time.

Any piece of curriculum, devoid of an opportunity to wield it, suffers the same fate as unutilized Spanish instruction. The time-tested colloquialism is accurate: use it or lose it.

意味（2）

Property and privileges will be lost if they are not utilized.

The legal rationale was simple: in much of the west, water rights operate under the use it or lose it principle. If you don't use the water, others had the right to appropriate it and use it themselves.

use it （ canonical ）

lose it （ canonical ）