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Acele işe şeytan karışır

Meaning: Doing things in a hurry invites mistakes.

Literally: The devil meddles in hasty work

Example: “Raporu acele bitirme, hata yaparsın. Acele işe şeytan karışır.” — Don't rush the report, you'll make mistakes: haste makes waste.

Equivalents in English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German, and 7 more languages

  • English: Haste makes waste
  • French: Qui se hâte trop se fourvoie (literally: Whoever hurries too much goes astray)
  • Spanish: Las prisas son malas consejeras (literally: Haste is a bad advisor)
  • Japanese: 急いては事を仕損じる (Seite wa koto wo shisonjiru) (literally: If you hurry, you'll mess things up)
  • German: Eile mit Weile (literally: Hurry with leisure)
  • Italian: La gatta frettolosa fece i gattini ciechi (literally: The hasty cat gave birth to blind kittens)
  • Portuguese: A pressa é inimiga da perfeição (literally: Haste is the enemy of perfection)
  • Dutch: Haastige spoed is zelden goed (literally: Hasty speed is seldom good)
  • Russian: Поспешишь — людей насмешишь (Pospeshish' — lyudey nasmeshish') (literally: Hurry and you'll make people laugh)
  • Polish: Co nagle, to po diable (literally: What's done in haste is the devil's work)
  • Chinese: 欲速则不达 (Yù sù zé bù dá) (literally: Want speed and you won't arrive)
  • Arabic: العجلة من الشيطان (Al-ʿajala min ash-shayṭān) (literally: Haste is from the devil)

Origin: The same idea as the Arabic العجلة من الشيطان, haste is from the devil: hurry gives the devil his chance.

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