look before one leaps

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Verb

look before one leaps (third-person singular simple present looks before one leaps, present participle looking before one leaps, simple past and past participle looked before one leaped or looked before one leapt)

(idiomatic) To think before taking action.

Synonyms

haste makes waste
marry in haste, repent at leisure

Antonyms

he who hesitates is lost

Translations

think before taking action

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Cantonese: 三思而行 (saam³ si¹ ji⁴ hang⁴)
Mandarin: 三思而後行／三思而后行 (zh) (sānsī ér hòuxíng), 三思而行 (zh) (sānsī'érxíng)
Czech: dvakrát měř, jednou řež
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: bezint eer ge begint, bezint eer gij begint
Finnish: parempi katsoa kuin katua
French: réfléchir avant d'agir
German: erst wägen, dann wagen
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: először gondolkodj, aztán cselekedj
Italian: medita prima di agire
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)
Malay: dengar cakap enggang, makan buah beluluk; dengar cakap orang, terjun masuk lubuk
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), поспеши́шь - люде́й насмеши́шь (pospešíšʹ - ljudéj nasmešíšʹ)
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: please add this translation if you can