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1 valour
nдоблесть, героїзм; мужність* * *n.відвага, доблесть, героїзм; мужність; deeds of valour подвиги; pot valour хоробрість у хмелю -
2 one cannot be too careful
syn: caution is the parent of safety≅ береженого й Бог береже не спитавши броду, не сунься у воду ( або не лізь прожогом у воду) і сміливого пси кусають не вір воді, бо втопишся discretion is the better part of valourEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > one cannot be too careful
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3 _обачливість; обережність
be slow to take when strangers haste to give beware of him who has nothing to lose caution is the parent of safety discretion is the better part of valour don't put all your eggs in one basket don't throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh first think, then speak a fish wouldn't get caught if he kept his mouth shut it is better to bend than break if you cannot see the bottom, do not cross the river measure twice and cut once the mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken one cannot be too careful there's no such a thing as a free lunch wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a foolEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _обачливість; обережність
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