ekki verður bæði sleppt og haldið
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ekki (“not”) + verður, from verða (“to become, to take place”) + bæði (“both”) + sleppt, the neuter participle of sleppa (“to let go”), + og (“and”) + haldið, the neuter participle of halda (“to hold”). Literally meaning "it shall not be both let go and held" or "it's not possible to both let go and hold on".