Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

l'occhio che non guarda più in là non aiuta il piede

English translation:

look before you leap

Added to glossary by Don Green
Jan 18, 2006 15:12
18 yrs ago
Italian term

l'occhio che non guarda più in là non aiuta il piede

Italian to English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Does anyone know of a standard translation for this saying, proverb?
Proposed translations (English)
2 +7 look before you leap

Proposed translations

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Italian term (edited): l'occhio che non guarda pi� in l� non aiuta il piede
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look before you leap

That is surely the sense, whether there is another English proverb with the same meaning I don't know
Peer comment(s):

agree Elizabeth Lyons : This sounds good to me! : )
50 mins
agree muitoprazer (X) : still waters run deep..did alan ever promise you a rose garden?(only joking)
1 hr
agree Michele Fauble
6 hrs
agree Romanian Translator (X)
6 hrs
agree Claudia Filippi
7 hrs
agree Anthony Green : that's what came into my head as I clicked
18 hrs
agree Enza Longo
20 hrs
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