"案ずるより生むが易し" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [日本語]

  1. 心配していても実行してみれば意外に簡単なこと。
    Sense id: ja-案ずるより生むが易し-ja-proverb-TS-Ztxkf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: fear is often greater than the danger (英語)
Categories (other): 日本語, 日本語 ことわざ
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