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Something put to good use doesn't cry.

Soap? Use it and it kinda gets lost, bit by bit

What an odd and not suspicious thing to say.

That's true. A moment of silence for all bars of soap who died to clean filthy human skin.

@Prince_Azmiran_Myrian Huh?? What does that mean

I happen to have decorative soaps I never use, thus will never lose. I am no longer part of the problem.

Thank you for your contribution for soap preservation.

Did you guys forget what an idiom is? I thought this was a literature site.

I won't mind losing something if I gained from its loss.

Thank you for pointing that out, as it happens to be that you failed to use an idiom. You comment is more of a forced proverb that sounded like you were talking about people than objects with the use of 'doesn't cry'. It's easy to confuse sometimes.

I quite like idioms! They're fun to play around with.

I grated a bar of soap with a cheese grater so that I could polish crystals with it.

Ah, I was struggling to remember what the figure of speech was called. I made it up on the spot so wasn't sure of its category.

Polish crystals with soap? I fail to understand the function of this in full.

No worries! English language is hard to master to even native born speakers! Quite easy to mix things up.

Endeed, I had to explain my meaning under unwarrented suspicion.

using soap water is the last stage before polishing a crystal is complete. There are four stages of polishing beforehand that use increasingly fine grit tumbling medium.

Suspicions lead to discovery and clarification!

I see, very peculiar yet interesting. What a nice yet niche hobby you have.

My proverb does also apply to people.
If someone is put to good use they are less likely to be depressed and cry about it. If someone feels useless then there will be many tears.

It's a sad thing when someone does not put their talents to use.

And then they lose it.