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, Nov 9, 16:15:29
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- it's like your weeee..eeeee.dddding on a rainy day
Posted By: Tombs, Nov 9, 17:48:42 - 1Don't leave the house with a loaded gun.
Posted By: tudders, Nov 9, 16:48:39 - 4"Any Holes a Goal?" - SAVE KARNI !!
Posted By: Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 9, 16:46:14 - The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick
Posted By: Old Man, Nov 9, 16:45:49 - Prior preparation and planning prevents piss poor performance
Posted By: emmaroyds, Nov 9, 16:28:16 - 1Better a bird's bush in the hand than a stitch. Or nine.
Posted By: Steve in Holland, Nov 9, 16:26:10 - 4A stitch in time saves nine.
Posted By: APB, Nov 9, 16:24:20 - 3'A stitch in time saves nine' Shirley?
Posted By: Bravo win or die, Nov 9, 16:23:38 - Feed a cold, starve a fever.
Posted By: APB, Nov 9, 16:22:43 - Putting the cart before the horse?
Posted By: UtterlyHuckerby, Nov 9, 16:18:40 - 1ahead of the game?
Posted By: shortfatb, Nov 9, 16:18:31 - 16You can paraphrase it as prevention is better than the cure
Posted By: Steve in Holland, Nov 9, 16:17:41
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