It is better to do something oneself than to rely on others to do it well.

When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks down at some point.

Alternative form of you never miss the water till the well runs dry

Alternative form of you never miss the water till the well runs dry

People tend to take things for granted that are easily available.

The capital city of New Zealand. / (metonymically) by extension, the Government of New Zealand. / A locality near Gosforth, Copeland borough, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY0704).

A Wellington boot.

(cooking) Meat baked in a puff pastry.

A fillet of beef tenderloin steak coated with pâté de foie gras and a duxelles of mushrooms, wrapped in puff pastry and baked.

(Britain) Waterproof rubber boots, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions. Short forms: wellies (singular welly or wellie)