if you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one

if you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one

proverb If you try to accomplish or pursue two different things at once, you will fail at both. You can't look for that file and dictate a message at the same time. Didn't your mother ever tell you that if you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one? The government is trying to cut taxes while simultaneously expanding public amenities. But if you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. When I assign you a task, please focus on only that, OK? If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.

See also: catch, chase, either, if, not, one, two, will

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