「塘水滾塘魚」

(pos:語句)
<explanation>
yue:比喻一堆人只係做返#圍內 人生意，唔出去外邊揾生意做，令到可以揾嘅錢有限，因為市場無法擴張
eng:an undesirable situation in which people only do business among themselves rather than looking for business outside; as a result there is only a limited amount of money to be made because the market cannot expand; Literally: boiling pond fish in the same pond water
<eg>
yue:你喺呢啲屋邨仔開士多，塘水滾塘魚，只會一世冇發達。 (nei5 hai2 ni1 di1 uk1 cyun1 zai2 hoi1 si6 do1, tong4 seoi2 gwan2 tong4 jyu4, zi2 wui5 jat1 sai3 mou5 faat3 daat6.)
eng:Since you opened a grocery store in such a small housing estate, you'll only do business with the same group of people, therefore you'll never become wealthy.