haste makes waste

haste makes waste

proverb Rushing through a task often creates problems or extra work. Haste makes waste, so please double-check your measurements before cutting the fabric.
See also: haste, make, waste
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Haste makes waste.

Prov. You do not save any time by working too fast; hurrying will cause you to make mistakes, and you will have to take extra time to do the job over again. Fred: Hurry up and get my car fixed. Alan: Don't rush me. Haste makes waste.
See also: haste, make, waste
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

haste makes waste

Proceeding too quickly can spoil an enterprise, as in Stop trying to rush through three things at once-haste makes waste, you know. This rhyming warning, first recorded in this exact form in 1575, was in John Ray's 1678 proverb collection, where the full text was: "Haste makes waste, and waste makes want, and want makes strife between the goodman and his wife."
See also: haste, make, waste
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • teach a man to fish
  • it takes a village
  • village
  • tomorrow never comes
  • bad workers always blame their tools
  • best-laid plans go astray, the
  • the best-laid plans
  • the best-laid plans go astray
  • the best-laid plans of mice and men
  • business before pleasure
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