| 单词 | fool's haste |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfool's haste fool's haste n. now rare foolish or reckless haste; rashness; often in the proverbial saying fool's haste is no speed, indicating that progress is best made by not rushing or acting rashly; cf. earlier fool haste n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > foolish or reckless foolhastinessc1390 fool hastea1393 swiftnessa1400 hastec1400 racklenessc1405 headlongness1556 precipitation1572 precipitancy1617 precipitance1629 precipitousnessa1660 precipitateness1671 precipitiousness1672 fool's haste1681 1681 N. Blake Baruch's Work Finished 14 He makes fools haste, that being intent on the end,..neglects the most promising means. 1688 Compendious Schoolmaster iii. 79 A Fools haste is no speed. a1732 T. Boston Sovereignty & Wisdom of God (1737) 46 Our faithless Out-of the-Way Attempts to even the Crook, are our Fool's Haste, that's no Speed. 1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 12 Jan. (1941) 6 I wish it [may] not prove fool's haste, yet I take as much pains to [avoid error] as is in my nature. 1909 W. J. L. Sullivan Twelve Years in Saddle 205 Our cook, whom we called Tom, came to the church in ‘fool's haste’, lit off his horse at the church door. 2014 Hobart Mercury (Nexis) 12 Nov. 16 We must avoid acting with malice, or with a fool's haste. < as lemmas |
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