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look_before_you_leap

look before you leap

English

Proverb

look before you leap

Don't jump into something too precipitously; be at least a bit foresightful or circumspect.

Synonyms

haste makes waste

"Marry in haste, Repent at leisure."

Antonyms

he who hesitates is lost

Translations

don't jump into something too precipitously

Arabic:
Chinese:
Mandarin: 三思而後行 (zh), 三思而后行 (zh) ‎(sānsī ér hòuxíng), 三思而行 (zh) ‎(sānsī'érxíng)
Czech: dvakrát měř, jednou řež
Danish:
Dutch: bezint eer ge begint, bezint eer gij begint
Finnish: parempi katsoa kuin katua
French:
German: erst wägen, dann wagen
Hindi:
Hungarian: először gondolkodj, aztán cselekedj

Italian: medita prima di agire, non buttarti alla cieca
Japanese: 転ばぬ先の杖 (ja) ‎(ころばぬさきのつえ, korobanu saki no tsue)
Korean: 누울 자리 봐 가며 발을 뻗어라 (ko) ‎(nuul jari bwa gamyeo bareul ppeodeora)
Portuguese: olhar antes de saltar
Russian: семь раз отме́рь, оди́н отре́жь ‎(semʹ raz otmérʹ, odín otréžʹ), не зна́я бро́ду, не су́йся в во́ду (ru) ‎(ne znája bródu, ne sújsja v vódu)
Slovak: dvakrát meraj, raz rež
Somali: inta aanad falin ka fiirso
Spanish: antes que te cases, mira lo que haces
Swedish: titta innan du hoppar
Vietnamese:

See also

good things come to those who wait