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This is very similar to a saying my wife's elder relatives had: "Save it for good." This was their way of saying, "Take care of it', "Keep it in like-new condition", and/or "Save it for special occasions," i.e., an item that was used rarely, like saving fine china for special guests. Both of her parents, and other relatives of their generation, emmigrated from Italy to the U.S., and many of them were born just prior to, or during, the Great Depression.Good depression era attitude - 'Save it for best'.
Conversely, my Mom and Dad were born in 1915 and 1913 (respectively), but were born in the U.S. and had no such sayings or notions that I can recall; if they bought something, they took care of it, but they used it.