英文諺語 FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED 先知先戒備
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MEANING
Advance warning provides an advantage; if you know about something beforehand, you can prepare for it.
簡譯：
Forewarned = 預先警告
Forearmed = 使預作準備
Forewarned = 預先警告
Forearmed = 使預作準備
Examples
“Before you meet Kate, I should tell you that she’s a little eccentric. Forewarned is forearmed, right?"
“Check the temperature before you go outside. Forewarned is forearmed."
Origin
Many idioms that have no obvious source are often referred to, for no good reason, as ‘old proverbs’. ‘Forewarned is forearmed’ has a genuine claim to be called such, as it dates from at least the end of the 16th century, and could be much earlier. The Latin saying ‘praemonitus, praemunitus’ loosely translates as ‘forewarned is forearmed’. There’s no evidence to show that the English proverb is merely a translation of the Latin though. The two sayings could easily have originated independently.
