English
Phrase
be prepared
- Used other than as an idiom: see be, prepared.
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1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess:- The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. […] The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
- (This entry is here for translation purposes only.) To always be in a state of readiness in mind and body to do your duty (motto of the Boy Scouts and pioneers).
- (euphemistic) To be prepared for a sexual encounter by carrying or possessing condoms or other means for preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease.
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:be prepared.
Translations
motto
- Albanian: ji gati, pergatitu
- Arabic: كُن مُسْتَعِدًا (kun mustaʿidan)
- Armenian: միշտ պատրաստ (mišt patrast)
- Belarusian: будзь гато́ў (budzʹ hatóŭ), будзь гато́вая f (budzʹ hatóvaja), бу́дзьце гато́выя pl (búdzʹcje hatóvyja)
- Bulgarian: бъди готов (bǎdi gotov)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 準備 (zh), 准备 (zh) (zhǔnbèi)
- Czech: buď připraven
- Danish: vær beredt
- Dutch: weest paraat
- Esperanto: estu preta
- Finnish: ole valmis
- French: sois prêt m, sois prête f
- Georgian: იყავი მზად (iq̇avi mzad)
- German: sei bereit, seid bereit pl
- Greek: έσο έτοιμος (el) (éso étoimos)
- Hebrew: היה נכון (he) (heye nachon)
- Hindi: तैयार हो (taiyār hō)
- Icelandic: viðbúin öll
- Italian: sii preparato
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- Japanese: 備えよ常に (そなえよつねに, sonaeyo tsune ni)
- Latin: estote parati
- Macedonian: биди подготвен (bidi podgotven)
- Maltese: kun lest
- Mongolian: хэзээд бэлхэн (hezeed belhen)
- Norwegian: vær beredt
- Persian: آماده باش (âmâdeh bâš)
- Polish: czuwaj (pl) (lit.: watch!), bądź gotów
- Portuguese: sempre alerta, sempre pronto
- Russian: будь гото́в m (budʹ gotóv), будь гото́ва f (budʹ gotóva), бу́дьте гото́вы pl (búdʹte gotóvy)
- Serbo-Croatian: буди спреман, budi spreman (Bosnian, Serbian), буди приправан, budi pripravan (Croatian)
- Slovak: buď pripravený
- Slovene: bodi pripravljen
- Swedish: var redo
- Thai: จงเตรียมพร้อม (jong dtriam próm)
- Ukrainian: будь гото́вий (budʹ hotóvyj), будь гото́ва f (budʹ hotóva), бу́дьте гото́ві pl (búdʹte hotóvi)
- Vietnamese: sắp sẵn (vi)
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