"転ばぬ先の杖" meaning in Japanese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "転ばぬ先の杖",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "転",
          "ころ"
        ],
        [
          "先",
          "さき"
        ],
        [
          "杖",
          "つえ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "korobanu saki no tsue",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proverb",
        "2": "ころばぬ さき の つえ"
      },
      "expansion": "転(ころ)ばぬ先(さき)の杖(つえ) • (korobanu saki no tsue)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese proverbs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "better safe than sorry, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"
      ],
      "id": "en-転ばぬ先の杖-ja-proverb-oNs60n8Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "better safe than sorry",
          "better safe than sorry"
        ],
        [
          "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure",
          "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "prevention is better than cure",
          "roman": "yobō wa chiryō ni masaru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "予防",
              "よぼう"
            ],
            [
              "治療",
              "ちりょう"
            ],
            [
              "勝",
              "まさ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "予防は治療に勝る"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞ɾo̞ba̠nɯ̟ᵝ sa̠kʲi no̞ t͡sɨᵝe̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "転ばぬ先の杖"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "転ばぬ先の杖",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "転",
          "ころ"
        ],
        [
          "先",
          "さき"
        ],
        [
          "杖",
          "つえ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "korobanu saki no tsue",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proverb",
        "2": "ころばぬ さき の つえ"
      },
      "expansion": "転(ころ)ばぬ先(さき)の杖(つえ) • (korobanu saki no tsue)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese proverbs",
        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms written with three Han script characters"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "better safe than sorry, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "better safe than sorry",
          "better safe than sorry"
        ],
        [
          "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure",
          "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞ɾo̞ba̠nɯ̟ᵝ sa̠kʲi no̞ t͡sɨᵝe̞]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "prevention is better than cure",
      "roman": "yobō wa chiryō ni masaru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "予防",
          "よぼう"
        ],
        [
          "治療",
          "ちりょう"
        ],
        [
          "勝",
          "まさ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "予防は治療に勝る"
    }
  ],
  "word": "転ばぬ先の杖"
}