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Originally Posted by bargalunan
Pierre qui roule n’amasse pas mousse” :
“Pierre qui roule ” : “A rolling stone ”
“ n’amasse pas mousse ” : “isn’t covered with moss ”
(no link with Mick Jagger and Kate Moss)
means we never become rich if we too often change of country, job….
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Kate Moss, no. But Mick Jagger, yes. The Rolling Stones were named after the English equivalent ("A rolling stone gathers no moss"). Only gathering moss is usually considered a bad thing, so the English expression has the opposite meaning, at least in the US.