look before you leap

look before you leap

c 1350 Douce MS 52 no. 150 First loke and aftirward lepe.

1528 W. TYNDALE Obedience of Christian Man 130 We say..Loke yer thou lepe, whose literall sence is, doo nothinge sodenly or without avisement.

1567 W. PAINTER Palace of Pleasure II. xxiv. He that looketh not before he leapeth, may chaunce to stumble before he sleapeth.

1621 BURTON Anatomy of Melancholy II. iii. Looke before you leape.

1836 MARRYAT Midshipman Easy I. vi. Look before you leap is an old proverb... Jack..had pitched into a small apiary, and had upset two hives of bees.

1941 C. MACKENZIE Red Tapeworm i. Do you remember the rousing slogan which the Prime Minister gave the voters..on the eve of the last General Election?.. Look Before You Leap.

1979 D. MAY Revenger’s Comedy ix. Changing horses, love? I should look before you leap.


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  • look before you leap — This idiom means that you should think carefully about the possible results or consequences before doing something …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • look before you leap — ► look before you leap proverb one shouldn t act without first considering the possible consequences or dangers. Main Entry: ↑look …   English terms dictionary

  • look before you leap —    This idiom means that you should think carefully about the possible results or consequences before doing something.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    This is something you say when advising someone to think carefully about the possible… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Look before you leap. — something that you say in order to advise someone to think about possible problems before doing something. If you re thinking of buying a house, my advice is, look before you leap …   New idioms dictionary

  • Look Before You Leap (Frasier episode) — Infobox Television episode | Title = Look Before You Leap Series = Frasier Season = 3 Episode = 16 Airdate = 27 February 1996 Guests = Murphy Dunne (Pete) Justin M. Gorence (Gary) Benjamin Brown (Stage Manager) Writer = Chuck Ranberg Anne Flett… …   Wikipedia

  • Look before you leap —   This idiom means that you should think carefully about the possible results or consequences before doing something …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • look before you leap — used for advising someone to think carefully before doing something …   English dictionary

  • Look before you ere you leap. — См. Сначала думай, а потом делай …   Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)

  • look — ► VERB 1) direct one s gaze in a specified direction. 2) have an outlook in a specified direction. 3) have the appearance or give the impression of being. ► NOUN 1) an act of looking. 2) an expression of a feeling or thought by looking at someone …   English terms dictionary

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