we never miss the water till the well runs dry

proverb It is only when someone or something is gone that we truly appreciate them or it. I was in such a rush to start a career and become an adult, but now all I want is the carefree life I had when I was in college! We never miss the water till the well runs dry, huh? I should have made a greater effort to show Janet just how much she meant to me, but we never miss the water till the well runs dry. Now she's married and living on the other side of the planet.

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See also:

teach a man to fish
when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter
it takes a village
village
give a man a fish...
better bend than break
best-laid plans go astray, the
best-laid schemes/plans, the
the best-laid plans go astray
the best-laid plans of mice and men

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