NOTHING VENTURED, NOTHING GAINED Definition & Meaning

Nothing ventured, nothing gained

If you don't risk anything, you won't gain anything.

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Idioms and Phrases

One must take risks to achieve something, as in They quit their jobs, packed up, and moved to Wisconsin, saying “nothing ventured, nothing gained.” Although this adage has appeared in slightly different form since the late 1300s, it was first recorded in this form only in 1624. For another version, see no pain, no gain .

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"But nothing ventured, nothing gained."

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“I walked up and said, ‘Nothing ventured, nothing gained,’” Krack remembered with a smile.

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“Nothing ventured, nothing gained,” he said.

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She adds cheerfully: “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”

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Lilia reminded them of what their mother, a clothing designer, used to say: “Nothing ventured. Nothing gained.”

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