- English translation
More of a good thing is a double blessing.
- Literal wording
The increase of good is two goods.
- Meaning and lesson
The saying holds that adding to something already good can only make things better. Its key word spans goodness, blessing, bounty and plenty, so extra good fortune, kindness or abundance is never seen as harmful. Each further portion counts as a fresh blessing; a variant speaks of 'another good' rather than 'two goods' with the same sense.
In practice it brushes aside polite reluctance or worry about having too much. It invites people to welcome or offer more of what is beneficial, and it presents generosity and abundance as cause for gladness.
- When it is used
Say it when someone offers, receives or hesitates over something extra and welcome, such as more food, help, gifts or good news. It reassures them that accepting or giving more of something beneficial is fine and even to be celebrated.
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