Just this last week, I got food from the school cafeteria for the first time in years. I was surprised to see them serve the leftovers from lunch or breakfast.
Your idiom is a reminder to me. As I was growing up my grandmother would repeatedly tell me not to waste food. When I refused to eat my mother's bitter lemon dish my grandmother would say "Waste not, want not." It took me a while to understand what my grandmother meant.
Your idiom is a reminder to me. As I was growing up my grandmother would repeatedly tell me not to waste food. When I refused to eat my mother's bitter lemon dish my grandmother would say "Waste not, want not." It took me a while to understand what my grandmother meant.