Breakdown of Što više olabaviš vijak, to lakše rastaviš deo.
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It is a very common comparative pattern meaning the more ..., the ....
So:
- Što više olabaviš vijak, to lakše rastaviš deo.
- literally follows the logic The more you loosen the screw, the more easily you take the part apart.
A good way to recognize it is:
- što + comparative
- to + comparative
Examples of the same pattern:
- Što više učiš, to više znaš. = The more you study, the more you know.
- Što je hladnije, to je teže raditi. = The colder it is, the harder it is to work.
Here, što does not mean what. In this sentence it is part of the fixed correlative pattern.
Više means more, and here it modifies the verb olabaviš.
So više olabaviš means loosen more or loosen it to a greater degree.
This is adverbial use:
- više raditi = to work more
- više otvoriti = to open more
- više olabaviti = to loosen more
It does not mean many here. It means more in degree.