give a man a fish...

proverb Simply giving someone a fish is not as helpful to them in the long run as teaching them how to fish. The full proverb is "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." A: "I don't want to teach Billy how to drive!" B: "Well, I know you're sick of driving him around, and this is a solution. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime!" A: "You know 'give a man a fish' and all that?" B: "Yeah." A: "Then teach Grandpa how to use his new computer, so that he doesn't have to call you every time he tries to use it." You're old enough now—I'm going to show you how to use the washing machine. "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime"!