Better safe than sorry
It is wiser to be careful than to take a risk and regret it later.
Cẩn tắc vô ưu.
Cẩn thận trước còn hơn hối tiếc về sau.
Better safe than sorry
Examples
Take the umbrella — better safe than sorry.
Cầm theo ô đi — cẩn tắc vô ưu.
We backed up the database twice. Better safe than sorry.
Chúng tôi sao lưu cơ sở dữ liệu hai lần. Cẩn tắc vô ưu.
Topics
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- Good watch prevents misfortunesame topic