Поспешишь — людей насмешишь (Pospeshish' — lyudey nasmeshish')

Meaning: Doing things in a hurry makes you look foolish.

Literally: Hurry and you'll make people laugh

Example: “Не торопись с ответом, поспешишь — людей насмешишь.” — Don't rush your answer: 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)
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)
Turkish: Acele işe şeytan karışır (literally: The devil meddles in hasty work)

Origin: The rhyme of поспешишь (you hurry) and насмешишь (you make people laugh) carries it.

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