[Lexicog] "It ain't over til' the fat lady sings"

Wlodzimierz Sobkowiak SOBKOW at AMU.EDU.PL
Tue May 13 12:54:19 UTC 2008


> John Roberts: I am not sure I understand what 'Don't say 'jump' before you 
> do' means. Does it mean something like 'Look before you leap'?

This is exactly what it means...
Except I wanted to give you the word-by-word rendering into English :-)

> Polish:
> Nie mów "hop" zanim nie przeskoczysz...
> (Don't say 'jump' before you do)

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