Think before you speak
Consider your words carefully before you say them.
Ăn có nhai, nói có nghĩ.
Ăn thì phải nhai kỹ, nói thì phải suy nghĩ kỹ rồi mới nói.
Think before you speak
Examples
Think before you speak — once it's said, you can't take it back.
Ăn có nhai, nói có nghĩ — lời đã nói ra thì không rút lại được.
"Think before you speak," her mother told her after the careless remark.
"Ăn có nhai, nói có nghĩ," mẹ cô dặn sau câu nói vô ý của cô.
Topics
Related idioms
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- Actions speak louder than wordseasily confused
- Great minds think alikeeasily confused
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- Seeing is believingsame topic
- Waste not, want notsame topic