호미로 막을 것을 가래로 막는다

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Korean

A short-handled hoe.
Nine shovels.

Etymology

Native Korean, literally meaning "What could have been stopped using a short-handled hoe is now being stopped with a shovel."

Proverb

호미로 막을 것을 가래로 막는다 (homiro mageul geoseul garaero mangneunda)

  1. a stitch in time saves nine.

References

"커지기 전에 처리하였으면 쉽게 해결되었을 일을 방치하여 두었다가 나중에 큰 힘을 들이게 된 경우를 비유적으로 이르는 말."