| 单词 | he who hesitates is lost |
| 释义 | Idioms and Phrases with He who hesitates is losthe who hesitates is lost One who cannot come to a decision will suffer for it, as in I couldn't make up my mind, and now the offer has expired—he who hesitates is lost. Although the idea is undoubtedly older, the present wording is a misquotation or an adaptation from Joseph Addison's play Cato (1712): “The woman that deliberates is lost.” The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. He who hesitates is lostA person who spends too much time deliberating about what to do loses the chance to act altogether. Words nearby He who hesitates is lostHevelius, Hever Castle, Hevesy, hew, hewers of wood and drawers of water, He who hesitates is lost, He who laughs last, laughs best, Hewish, Hewitt, Hewlett, hewn The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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