Look before you leap.
Without googling or checking reference resources, what do you think this proverb means?
By guessing you are priming your brain for learning, which will help you remember the meaning more easily. It doesn’t matter if your guess is wrong, the key is to exercise your brain by guessing.
Write your guess in the comments below. After you post your guess, go ahead and look it up.
That’s right, I want you to find the answer. Because remember, my job as your teacher is to guide you to the answer. If I just gave you the answer without asking you to do the work, I’d be robbing you of your learning opportunity. No pain, no gain!
It is important to think about potential consequences before doing anything.
Yes Katrin, exactly!
Amy, could I also replace “anything” by “something” here? I kept replacing “anything” by “something” before posting this sentence … and I am now wondering if both words work here and if the sentence would get a different meaning with “something”. Thanks so much for your time!
Yes Katrin, in this case both work and the meaning remains the same. Very nice.
Thanks, Amy!
This proverb means that we have to think about possible problems before doing something.