Perseverance kills the game.

Understand the thought

Meaning in plain English

Sustained effort can bring an elusive task to completion. The hunting image presents the desired result as something reached through persistence.

What the words are saying

Game is pictured as the object of a pursuit, and perseverance supplies the effort needed to finish it. In a broader editorial reading, the line praises returning to a worthwhile task despite setbacks. It can encourage patient practice or careful investigation rather than expecting an immediate result. Persistence is valuable only in relation to a suitable purpose and method; repeating a failed approach indefinitely is not automatically progress. The hunting language is figurative here, not a recommendation to harm an animal or person.

Everyday example

A learner revisits a difficult passage with different examples until its argument becomes clearer.

When to use it

Use it to recognise sustained, adaptable effort toward a worthwhile result.

Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.