上屋搬下屋，唔見一籮穀 [－－－－－－－见－箩谷]

Jyutping soeng6 uk1 bun1 haa6 uk1 m4 gin3 jat1 lo4 guk1
Pinyin shàng wū bān xià wū ， wú jiàn yī luó gǔ

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    指出​一動​不如​一靜​，​用​嚟​勸​人​唔​好​搬​屋​嘅​講​法
    an expression used to advise someone against moving house; even moving house a short distance will cost you a lot of money; literally: when moving from the upper floor to the lower floor one will lose a basket of grains

上屋搬下屋，唔見一籮穀 [－－－－－－－见－箩谷]

Jyutping soeng6 uk1 bun1 haa6 uk1, m4 gin3 jat1 lo4 guk1
Pinyin shāng4wu bān xià wū1 n2 jiàn yī luó gǔ

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. one will always end up incurring some losses one way or the other in the moving process no matter how close you are moving to [colloquial]