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English translation: Better safe than sorry
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| Serbian to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Poetry & Literature | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Aneta Risteska North Macedonia Local time: 19:25 | ||||||
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Prevention is better than cure Explanation: I think that's it ;-) https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=is+better+than+cure&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a#hl=en&client=fi |
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a stich in time saves nine Explanation: A stitch in time saves nine Meaning A timely effort will prevent more work later. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 mins (2012-09-26 13:44:25 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Esse rečnik, Institut za strane jezike, Beograd Reference: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/a-stitch-in-time.html Reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/a_stitch_in_time_saves_nine |
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure Explanation: Fires were very dangerous threat to Philadelphians, so Franklin set about trying to remedy the situation. In 1736, he organized Philadelphia's Union Fire Company, the first in the city. His famous saying, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," was actually fire-fighting advice. http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/info/index.htm |
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7 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4Better safe than sorry Explanation: There are probably other ways to say it, but this is the most common :-) http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Better safe than sorry -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 mins (2012-09-26 13:48:46 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Also: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" and "Look before you leap." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precautionary_principle http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/better safe tha... http://www.englishclub.com/ref/esl/Sayings/Quizzes/Danger/Be... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2012-09-26 15:18:35 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- No problem, anytime :-) |
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