haste makes waste

English

Proverb

haste makes waste

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-ʕajala n-nadāma), العجلة من الشيطان
Libyan Arabic: استعجل تبطى وتاكل خبطة
Azerbaijani: tələsən təndirə düşər
Chinese:
Mandarin: 欲速則不達／欲速则不达 (zh) (yù sù zé bù dá)
Czech: práce kvapná málo platná (cs), práce kvapná, málo platná (cs)
Danish: hastværk er lastværk (da)
Dutch: haastige spoed is zelden goed (nl), haast en spoed is zelden goed
Finnish: ei ole hoppu hyväksi, eikä kiire kunniaksi
French: hâte rend déchets
Galician: as présas nunca son boas
Georgian: მოჩქარეს მოუგვიანდესო (močkares mougviandeso)
German: gut Ding will Weile haben (de) (literally “a good thing needs time”), Eile mit Weile (literally “hurry at leisure”), nichts mit Hast als Flöhe fangen (literally “[do] nothing with haste but catching flees”), in Eile gefreit, in Muße bereut (literally “married with haste, regretted at leisure”)
Hindi: जल्दी काम शैतान का (jaldī kām śaitān kā)
Hungarian: lassan járj, tovább érsz (hu), hamar munka ritkán jó
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
Macedonian: брза кучка слепи кучиња раѓа (brza kučka slepi kučinja raǵa)
Mongolian: яарвал даарна ядарвал өлсөнө (jaarval daarna jadarval ölsönö)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hastverk er lastverk

Nynorsk: hastverk er lastverk
Persian: عجله کار شیطان است ('ajale kâr-e šeytân 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
Romanian: graba strică treaba
Russian: поспеши́шь — люде́й насмеши́шь (pospešíšʹ — ljudéj nasmešíšʹ)
Spanish: las prisas no son buenas consejeras
Swahili: haraka haraka haina baraka
Turkish: acele işe şeytan karışır
Vilamovian: ny moh nist cy byhend, do der daj at ny śent

References

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

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