"more haste, less speed" meaning in English

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Proverb

Etymology: The word speed is used here in the dated sense of “success, luck”, though probably with a pun on the sense “velocity”. Compare the same in Low German je gröter Hast, je minder Spood. Etymology templates: {{m|en||speed}} speed, {{cog|nds|je gröter Hast, je minder Spood}} Low German je gröter Hast, je minder Spood Head templates: {{head|en|proverb}} more haste, less speed
  1. When one is in a hurry, one often ends up having less success and completing a task more slowly. Related terms: haste makes waste, slow and steady wins the race Translations (when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly): 欲速則不達 (Chinese Mandarin), 欲速则不达 (yùsù zé bùdá) (Chinese Mandarin), spěchej pomalu (Czech), hastværk er lastværk (Danish), ei ole hoppu hyväksi, eikä kiire kunniaksi (Finnish), hiljaa hyvä tulee (Finnish), il ne faut pas confondre vitesse et précipitation (French), მოჩქარეს მოუგვიანდესო (močkares mougviandeso) (Georgian), Eile mit Weile (German), σπεύδε βραδέως (spévde vradéos) (Greek), lassan járj, tovább érsz (Hungarian), presto e bene raro avviene (Italian), ⁧استعجل تبطى تاكل خبطة⁩ (Libyan Arabic), hastverk er lastverk (Norwegian Bokmål), hastverk er lastverk (Norwegian Nynorsk), gdy się człowiek śpieszy, to się diabeł cieszy (Polish), co nagle, to po diable (Polish), śpiesz się powoli (Polish), graba strică treaba (Romanian), vísteme despacio, que tengo prisa (Spanish), haraka haraka haina baraka (Swahili), ang maglakad nang matulin, kung matinik ay malalim (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-more_haste,_less_speed-en-proverb-bvyod6V0 Categories (other): English proverbs, Georgian terms with redundant script codes, Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations

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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "spévde vradéos",
          "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly",
          "word": "σπεύδε βραδέως"
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          "word": "presto e bene raro avviene"
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          "word": "hastverk er lastverk"
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          "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly",
          "word": "graba strică treaba"
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          "note": "ти́ше е́дешь, да́льше бу́дешь (tíše jédešʹ, dálʹše búdešʹ, literally “the slower you ride, the farther you'll get”)",
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        },
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          "note": "поспеши́шь — люде́й насме́шишь (pospešíšʹ — ljudéj nasméšišʹ, literally “if you do it in a hurry, you’ll make people laugh”)",
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          "word": "haraka haraka haina baraka"
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      "code": "ayl",
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      "word": "⁧استعجل تبطى تاكل خبطة⁩"
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      "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly",
      "word": "欲速则不达"
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      "word": "ei ole hoppu hyväksi, eikä kiire kunniaksi"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "hiljaa hyvä tulee"
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      "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly",
      "word": "il ne faut pas confondre vitesse et précipitation"
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      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly",
      "word": "მოჩქარეს მოუგვიანდესო"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly",
      "word": "Eile mit Weile"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "spévde vradéos",
      "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly",
      "word": "σπεύδε βραδέως"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly",
      "word": "lassan járj, tovább érsz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly",
      "word": "presto e bene raro avviene"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly",
      "word": "hastverk er lastverk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly",
      "word": "hastverk er lastverk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly",
      "word": "gdy się człowiek śpieszy, to się diabeł cieszy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly",
      "word": "co nagle, to po diable"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly",
      "word": "śpiesz się powoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly",
      "word": "graba strică treaba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "ти́ше е́дешь, да́льше бу́дешь (tíše jédešʹ, dálʹše búdešʹ, literally “the slower you ride, the farther you'll get”)",
      "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "поспеши́шь — люде́й насме́шишь (pospešíšʹ — ljudéj nasméšišʹ, literally “if you do it in a hurry, you’ll make people laugh”)",
      "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly",
      "word": "vísteme despacio, que tengo prisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly",
      "word": "haraka haraka haina baraka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly",
      "word": "ang maglakad nang matulin, kung matinik ay malalim"
    }
  ],
  "word": "more haste, less speed"
}

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