单词 | look before you leap |
释义 | Idioms and Phrases with Look before you leaplook before you leap Think of the consequences before you act, as in You'd better check out all the costs before you buy a cellular phone—look before you leap. This expression alludes to Aesop's fable about the fox who is unable to climb out of a well and persuades a goat to jump in. The fox then climbs on the goat's horns to get out, while the goat remains trapped. [c. 1350] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Look before you leapWe should know what we are getting into before we commit ourselves. Words nearby Look before you leaplook-alike, look alive, look as if butter wouldn't melt, look askance, look back, Look before you leap, look black, look blank, look daggers, lookdown, look down on 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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