B1idiomdecisionsIELTS-friendly
look before you leap
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think carefully about the risks before you do something
A proverb, usually given as advice. 'You' can change: 'look before I leap'.
In context
Before you quit your job to open a café, look before you leap.
My grandmother always told me to look before I leap, especially with money.
More idioms about decisions
- a Catch-22a situation you can't escape because each solution depends on the other
- a change of hearta change in your opinion or plan, usually towards a kinder or different view
- a double-edged swordsomething that has both good and bad effects
- a fait accomplisomething already decided or done that others must now accept
- a foregone conclusiona result that is certain before it happens