- English translation
People once sowed 'tomorrow,' and nothing ever sprouted from it.
- Literal wording
The word 'tomorrow': they planted it, and it did not come up.
- Meaning and lesson
The saying pictures 'tomorrow' as a seed that people once put in the ground, only to find that it never broke the soil. Putting something off until the next day is shown as a planting that yields no harvest. The dialect negation means 'did not come up.'
In practice it expresses distrust toward assurances that are always deferred. A person who hears 'tomorrow' again and again learns that such words are empty, and the proverb advises against relying on vague pledges tied to some later day.
- When it is used
Say it when someone keeps answering a request with 'tomorrow' and the matter never moves forward. It works as a dry, skeptical reply to deferral, voicing doubt that a postponed commitment will ever be honored. It can sting, so it suits frustration more than polite conversation.
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