A rolling stone gathers no moss means that someone who is always moving from place to place does not settle down or collect responsibilities or possessions.
The saying has been known in English since the 1500s and appeared in a collection of proverbs by John Heywood in 1546. The image compares a stone that keeps rolling with one that stays still long enough for moss to grow on it.
The saying has been known in English since the 1500s and appeared in a collection of proverbs by John Heywood in 1546. The image compares a stone that keeps rolling with one that stays still long enough for moss to grow on it.
He has lived in five different cities in ten years, a rolling stone gathers no moss.