APAD: Haste makes waste

来源: 移花接木 于 2023-09-24 06:46:27 [] [博客] [旧帖] [给我悄悄话] 阅读数 : (431 bytes)

The proverb "haste makes waste" is a rhyming variant of "more haste, less speed." It is first noted in 1542 in the English scholar Nicholas Udall's translation of "Apophthegmes" by Erasmus of Rotterdam. (An "apophthegm" is a concise saying or a short statement.

Actually, I have learned several alternatives

Like: look b4 u leap.   & so on

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• 欲速则不达。心急吃不了热豆腐。 -方外居士- ♂ 给 方外居士 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 06:57:16

• 顾后瞻前，犹豫不决。都只能表达一半意思 -66的山梁- ♀ 给 66的山梁 发送悄悄话 66的山梁 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 08:07:56

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• Haste tastes waste. -妖妖灵- ♀ 给 妖妖灵 发送悄悄话 妖妖灵 的博客首页 (185 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 11:17:45

• 抓住！不许跑了。哈哈 -盈盈一笑间- ♀ 给 盈盈一笑间 发送悄悄话 盈盈一笑间 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 11:36:13

• In jiu-jitsu, we say "Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast." -7grizzly- ♀ 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 12:47:02

• speeding get tickets -移花接木- ♂ 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 14:20:18

• That’ll be easy as many are cops on the mat :) -7grizzly- ♀ 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 14:34:29

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