haste makes waste

English

Proverb

haste makes waste

1. Being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes.

Synonyms

• look before you leap

Related terms

• great haste makes great waste

Translations

being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes

• Arabic: فِي الْعَجَلَة اَلنَّدَامَة (fī l-ʿajala n-nadāma)
• Azerbaijani: tələsən təndirə düşər
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 欲速則不達／欲速则不达 (zh) (yù sù zé bù dá), 欲速则不达 (zh) (yù sù zé bù dá)

• Czech: práce kvapná, málo platná
• Danish: hastværk er lastværk
• Dutch: haastige spoed is zelden goed, haast en spoed is zelden goed
• Finnish: ei ole hoppu hyväksi eikä kiire kunniaksi
• French: hâte rend déchets
• Georgian: მოჩქარეს მოუგვიანდესო (močkares mougviandeso)
• German: Eile mit Weile
• Hungarian: lassan járj, tovább érsz (hu)
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• Italian: la gatta frettolosa fece i gattini ciechi
• Japanese: 急がば回れ (ja), 果報は寝て待て, 急いては事を仕損じる
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hastverk er lastverk

  Nynorsk: hastverk er lastverk

• Persian: عجله کار شیطان است (ajaleh kaar-e sheytaan ast)
• Polish: co nagle, to po diable (pl), gdy się człowiek spieszy, to się diabeł cieszy (pl)
• Portuguese: a pressa é a inimiga da perfeição
• Russian: поспеши́шь — люде́й насмеши́шь (pospešíšʹ — ljudéj nasmešíšʹ)
• Swahili: haraka haraka haina baraka
• Turkish: acele işe şeytan karışır
• Vilamovian: ny moh nist cy byhend, do der daj at ny śent

See also

• more haste, less speed

References

• Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, →ISBN, p. 128.