Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

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• nothing ventured, nothing gained — You can t win if you don t join in the game; if you don t participate in something, you will not achieve anything …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• nothing ventured, nothing gained — ► nothing ventured, nothing gained proverb you can t expect to achieve anything if you never take any risks. Main Entry: ↑venture …   English terms dictionary

• nothing ventured (nothing gained) — spoken phrase used for saying that it is worth trying to do something, even if success is unlikely Thesaurus: ways of encouraging or telling someone to do somethingsynonym Main entry: venture …   Useful english dictionary

• nothing ventured, nothing gained — proverb you can t expect to achieve anything if you never take any risks * * * nothing ventured, nothing gained used to say that it is worth trying to do something because you might succeed even though success is not certain • • • Main Entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

• nothing ventured, nothing gained — if you try nothing, you will gain nothing; go for it    We ve decided to start a business. As the old saying goes, Nothing ventured, nothing gained …   English idioms

• nothing ventured, nothing gained —    This expression means that you cannot expect to achieve anything if you risk nothing.     He s going to ask his boss for a promotion even though he has little chance of obtaining satisfaction nothing ventured, nothing gained! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Nothing ventured, nothing gained. — something that you say which means that it is necessary to take risks in order to achieve something. We tried to make television programmes that were new and different, and we weren t always successful, but nothing ventured, nothing gained …   New idioms dictionary

• nothing ventured nothing gained — someone who doesn t try does not succeed …   English contemporary dictionary

• nothing venture, nothing gain — A variant of the next proverb (nothing venture, nothing have). Cf. late 14th cent. Fr. qui onques rien n’enprist riens n’achieva, he who never undertook anything never achieved anything; 1481 CAXTON Reynard (1880) xii. He that will wynne he muste …   Proverbs new dictionary

• NVNG — Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained …   Glossary of chat acronyms & text shorthand