JLPT N3Proverbs

二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず

Meaning
二つのことを同時にしようとすると、どちらも成功しない
Explanation
「二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず」 teaches that, just as trying to catch two rabbits at once makes you lose both, being greedy and trying to do two things at once leads to failing at both. This is the opposite of c1's 「多いほど成功」 (the more, the more successful).
Original Japanese explanation

「二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず」は、二匹のうさぎを同時に捕まえようとすると、結局どちらも逃すように、欲ばって二つのことを一度にやろうとするとどちらも失敗するという教えです。c1 の「多いほど成功」とは逆です。

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