Who stays under the tree, eats its fruits

**qp.** · 25-Jul-2008, 10:20

Hi everybody!
What is the meaning of a proverb "Who stays under the tree, eats its fruits"?
Thanks in advance for reply!

**Soup** · 25-Jul-2008, 11:11

It's an Albanian proverb, but I don't know the meaning. Try http://forum.lingvo.ru/actualthread.aspx?tid=100989.

Albanian proverbs
Kush rri nën pemë, ha edhe kokrrat.
"Who stays under the tree, eats its fruits."

**Anglika** · 25-Jul-2008, 12:14

I suppose it means that if you stick at doing something, you achieve something or benefit in the end.

**VSPrasad** · 10-Aug-2008, 12:43

"Staying under a tree" means depending on a particular job. Hindu theory
of Karma states that a person who has chose a particular job has to
face the pros and cons (fruits) of that job.

Similar meaning is given by the phrase "as you sow so shall you reap".

http://www.usingenglish.com/referenc...+you+reap.html

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/48500.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/as-you-sow-so-you-reap

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/as_you...shall_you_reap

**gayanah** · 10-Aug-2008, 13:23

I think it means if you want to copy with /manage something you must deal with it and not only dream about it.

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