Meaning
'Too much sidung bruk breeches' — too much sitting down wears out your trousers. Idleness carries its own costs, the proverb wryly warns: sitting around doing nothing achieves nothing and, in the end, brings its own ruin, wearing you and your means down as surely as sitting wears through the seat of your breeches. It is a homely nudge to get up and be useful, since the do-nothing life is not only fruitless but quietly destructive.
Examples
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Get up an do something; too much sidung bruk breeches.
Get up and do something; idleness gets you nowhere.
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Him lazy all day, but too much sidung bruk breeches.
He's lazy all day, but idleness has its costs.
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Nuh just a wait pon luck; too much sidung bruk breeches.
Don't just wait on luck; too much sitting around ruins you.
Origin
A homely image: the seat of the trousers wears thin from constant sitting — a light-hearted picture of the cost of idleness.
How it’s used
A gentle push against laziness and idleness — a nudge to get up and be productive.