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Meaning of a rolling stone (gathers no moss) in English

a rolling stone (gathers no moss)

idiom   old-fashioned saying
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said to mean that a person who is always traveling and changing jobs has the advantage of having no responsibilities, but also has disadvantages such as having no permanent place to live:
Hal was a bit of a rolling stone before he married and settled down.
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(Definition of a rolling stone (gathers no moss) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of a rolling stone (gathers no moss)

in Chinese (Traditional)
滾石不生苔，來去真自在（表示經常在外遊蕩或老換工作的人可以不用擔負責任，但是也居無定所）…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
滚石不生苔，来去真自在（表示经常在外游荡或老换工作的人可以不用担负责任，但是也居无定所）…
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in Spanish
piedra movediza, nunca moho la cobija…
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