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English
Proverb
better safe than sorry
- It is preferable to be cautious in one's choices and actions than to act recklessly and suffer afterwards.
1947 September and October, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 320:Moreover, apart from official restrictions, drivers do not a little easing of their engines on their own account, where they consider that the feel of the track makes this desirable; and they can hardly be blamed in consequence. It is better to be safe than sorry.
1985, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (lyrics and music), “Take On Me”, in Hunting High and Low, performed by a-ha:But I'll be stumbling away / Slowly learning that life is OK / Say after me / It's no better to be safe than sorry
Translations
it is preferable to be cautious
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Bulgarian: който сам се пази и Бог го пази (kojto sam se pazi i Bog go pazi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 小心駛得萬年船／小心驶得万年船 (xiǎoxīn shǐ dé wàn nián chuán)
- Faroese: betur fyrivarin enn eftirsnarin
- Finnish: parempi virsta väärää kuin vaaksa vaaraa, varmuus on aina paras, parempi katsoa kuin katua
- French: mieux vaut prévenir que guérir (fr)
- German: Vorsicht ist besser als Nachsicht
- Greek: κάλλιο γαϊδουρόδενε παρά γαϊδουρογύρευε (el) (kállio gaïdouródene pará gaïdourogýreve)
- Hebrew: עדיף להיזהר מלהצטער
- Hungarian: jobb félni, mint megijedni (hu)
- Icelandic: það er betra að hafa vaðið fyrir neðan sig, allur er varinn góður
- Italian: la prudenza non è mai troppa, meglio prevenire che curare
- Japanese: 転ばぬ先の杖 (ja) (ころばぬさきのつえ, korobanu saki no tsue)
- Macedonian: подобро спречи, отколку лечи (podobro spreči, otkolku leči), двапати мери, еднаш сечи (dvapati meri, ednaš seči)
- Malay:
- Jawi: بيار لمبت اصلکن سلامت, ايڠت سبلوم کنا, جيمت سبلوم هابيس, سسل دهولو ڤنداڤتن, سسل کمودين تق برݢونا
- Rumi: biar lambat asalkan selamat, ingat sebelum kena, jimat sebelum habis, sesal dahulu pendapatan, sesal kemudian tak berguna
- Norwegian: bedre føre var enn etter snar (no)
- Polish: gdyby kózka nie skakała, toby nóżki nie złamała (pl), lepiej dmuchać na zimne, strzeżonego Pan Bóg strzeże (pl), żeby kózka nie skakała, toby nóżki nie złamała (pl)
- Portuguese: é melhor prevenir do que remediar
- Russian: бережёного бог бережёт (berežónovo bog berežót)
- Scottish Gaelic: 's fheàrr a bhith cinnteach na caillteach
- Serbo-Croatian: bolje sprečiti nego lečiti
- Spanish: más vale prevenir que curar, más vale prevenir que lamentarse
- Swedish: ta det säkra före det osäkra, man kan aldrig vara nog försiktig
- Urdu: دیر آئے درست آئے (der ā'ye durust ā'ye)
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