the jug goes to the well until it breaksとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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the jug goes to the well until it breaks

1. Even though you can use something, it may contain flaws that will lead it to ultimately fail.
   • 2009, Franz Knoll & ‎Thomas Vogel, Design for Robustness, →ISBN, page 78:

     “The jug goes to the well until it breaks” – this may not be so terrible involving a jug – translated to the failure of a scaffolding assembly, it may, however, involve loss of life.

   • 2013, Hubert Kennedy -, The Ideal Gay Man: The Story of Der Kreis, →ISBN, page 197:

     It was not the mother herself, but good neighbor women who uncovered the danger. And as always in such cases: the jug goes to the well until it breaks! The court sentenced the man to two years in a penitentiary, five years loss of civic right, and expulsion from this country for ten years, although he had not previously been sentenced.

   • 2015, Hermann Kauders, And God Created Bedbugs Too, →ISBN:

     “The jug goes to the well until it breaks,” said Xandi. Brigitte frequently quoted the saying when confronted by her boys' obstinacy.