who's good at idiomatic expressions?

I'm trying to find the equivalent in English of a Spanish saying, which can be translated as "to treat the wound before the injury" - ie. deal with something before it happens.

Do we have a phrase for this in english?

Posted By: Worzel Scrimmage on November 9th 2012 at 16:15:29

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who's good at idiomatic expressions? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 9, 16:15:29
- it's like your weeee..eeeee.dddding on a rainy day (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 9, 17:48:42
- Don't leave the house with a loaded gun. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Nov 9, 16:48:39
  - Putting the Gunn before the Lambert (n/m) (General Chat) - UtterlyHuckerby, Nov 9, 17:03:27
- "Any Holes a Goal?" - SAVE KARNI !! (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 9, 16:46:14
  - arf! (General Chat) - Karnivore, Nov 9, 16:53:18
    - excellent read as always mate! (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 9, 17:17:44
    - very good, I did a proper lol (n/m) (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Nov 9, 17:04:23
  - One up the bum, no harm done. (n/m) (General Chat) - bird table, Nov 9, 16:47:15
- The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Nov 9, 16:45:49
- Prior preparation and planning prevents piss poor performance (n/m) (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Nov 9, 16:28:16
- Better a bird's bush in the hand than a stitch. Or nine. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 9, 16:26:10
  - Being in 9 birds' bushes might give you a stitch in your hand? (n/m) (General Chat) - Dog, Nov 9, 16:35:54
- A stitch in time saves nine. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Nov 9, 16:24:20
  - WW2! But I'm thinking of adopting 'Eat the egg before it's a chicken' (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Nov 9, 16:28:34
    - Never adopt an egg. It's a really boring pet. (General Chat) - APB, Nov 9, 16:32:30
      - plus it could turn out to be a dinosaur egg and you get eaten (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Nov 9, 16:44:34
      - Ha ha! Also, I like chicken so on reflection it would be poor advice to follow. (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Nov 9, 16:35:15
- 'A stitch in time saves nine' Shirley? (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Nov 9, 16:23:38
  - Bollocks. Just beat me. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Nov 9, 16:26:54
    - You snooze you lose! (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Nov 9, 16:29:10
  - crikey of course! (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 9, 16:24:40
- Feed a cold, starve a fever. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Nov 9, 16:22:43
- Putting the cart before the horse? (n/m) (General Chat) - UtterlyHuckerby, Nov 9, 16:18:40
- ahead of the game? (n/m) (General Chat) - shortfatb, Nov 9, 16:18:31
  - not bad, not bad (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 9, 16:20:51
- You can paraphrase it as prevention is better than the cure (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 9, 16:17:41
  - Exactly what I was about to type. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Nov 9, 16:18:01
    - pretty good solution, thanks (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 9, 16:20:00
    - Could make one up, I guess. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Nov 9, 16:18:28
      - Fix the fridge before it's broken. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Nov 9, 16:19:45
        
        Lets not allow racism to get into football so we don't have to kick it out? (n/m) (General Chat) - UtterlyHuckerby, Nov 9, 16:23:05
        
        Dump the wife before she annoys you (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 9, 16:20:27
        
        Run the bath rather than a mile. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Nov 9, 16:23:25
        
        Eat the egg before it's a chicken. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Nov 9, 16:20:01
        
        Nothing gained because no venture was made (n/m) (General Chat) - UtterlyHuckerby, Nov 9, 16:23:59
        
        Getting touched before you write to Jim'll Fixit (n/m) (General Chat) - UtterlyHuckerby, Nov 9, 16:25:00
        
        fix the wheel before it breaks? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 9, 16:23:45
        
        Change the tyre before the puncture (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 9, 16:25:13
        
        Why would you change an unpunctured tyre? (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Nov 9, 16:27:25
        
        just in case (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 9, 16:28:12
        
        Theirs is a bit silly cos if you weren't yet injured, there would be no wound to treat. No (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 9, 16:31:08
        
        hehe, indeed (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 9, 16:34:55

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