enough is as good as a feast en · X
Meanings
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Just the right amount is as good as more than enough: there is no value in excess.
Here is enough, I am satisfied, (sayd he). / Since enough is enough, (sayd I), here may we / With that one word take end good, as may be geast: / For folke say, enough is as good as a feast.
1546, John Heywood, chapter XI, in Julian Sharman, editor, The Proverbs of John Heywood. […], London: George Bell and Sons, […], published 1874, →OCLC, part II, page 173:
Synonyms
Translations (12)
he תפסת מרובה לא תפסת (there is no value in excess) · fi kohtuus kaikessa (there is no value in excess) · sv lagom är bäst (there is no value in excess) · ms اصل اد, کچيل ڤون ڤد (there is no value in excess) · cmn 過猶不及 /过犹不及 (there is no value in excess) · ms asal ada, kecil pun pada (there is no value in excess) · la ne quid nimis (there is no value in excess) · fr il ne faut pas abuser des bonnes choses (there is no value in excess) · ko 지나친 것은 잔치나 다름없다 (there is no value in excess) · ms کسدرهاناءن لبيه باءيق درڤد برلبيهن (there is no value in excess) · ga bíonn blas ar an mbeagán (there is no value in excess) · ms kesederhanaan lebih baik daripada berlebihan (there is no value in excess)