"you snooze you lose" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|proverb}} you snooze you lose
  1. If one is not alert and attentive, one will not be successful. Related terms: snoozer, loser, the early bird gets the worm Translations (If you are not alert and attentive, you will not be successful): nopeat syövät hitaat (Finnish), qui part à la chasse perd sa place (French), qui va à la chasse perd sa place (French), si tu dors (French), t’es mort (French), wer rastet, der rostet (German), bobeou, dançou (english: literally: you were a fool, you danced) (Portuguese), camarón que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente (Spanish)

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