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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.
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 wànnián chuán), 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)
- 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
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- Japanese: 転ばぬ先の杖 (ja) (ころばぬさきのつえ, korobanu saki no tsue)
- 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 å være på den sikre siden
- Polish: strzeżonego Pan Bóg strzeże (pl)
- Portuguese: é melhor prevenir do que remediar
- Russian: бережёного бог бережёт (ru) (berežónovo bog berežót)
- Serbo-Croatian: bolje sprečiti nego lečiti
- Spanish: más vale prevenir que curar
- Swedish: ta det säkra före det osäkra
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