英语词汇look before you leap的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

look before you leap. The old saying is often said to be from Samuel Butler’s Hudibras (1663): “And look before you ere you leap; / For as you sow, ye are like to reap.” But John Heywood’s collection of proverbs (1562) clearly takes precedence with look ere you leape. There are a good number of counterparts in other languages: Turn the tongue seven times, then speak (French); Have an umbrella before getting wet (Japanese); Before you drink the soup, blow on it (Arabic); First weigh (the consequences), then dare (German); If you don’t know the ford, don’t cross the stream (Russian); Be careful bending your head, you may break it (Italian).

词汇	look before you leap
词源	look before you leap. The old saying is often said to be from Samuel Butler’s Hudibras (1663): “And look before you ere you leap; / For as you sow, ye are like to reap.” But John Heywood’s collection of proverbs (1562) clearly takes precedence with look ere you leape. There are a good number of counterparts in other languages: Turn the tongue seven times, then speak (French); Have an umbrella before getting wet (Japanese); Before you drink the soup, blow on it (Arabic); First weigh (the consequences), then dare (German); If you don’t know the ford, don’t cross the stream (Russian); Be careful bending your head, you may break it (Italian).
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