Forewarned is forearmed

Those who know that something is coming are better prepared to face it than those who do not know.

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Idioms and Phrases

Knowledge in advance enables one to be prepared, as in Let me know when he's in town so I can take the phone off the hook—forewarned is forearmed . This expression originated as a Latin proverb, Praemonitus, praemunitus , which was translated into English by the early 1500s. It soon was put to broader use than its original military applications.

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“Pay close attention, listen to our story. Because forewarned is forearmed.”

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When it comes to tick-borne illness, forewarned is forearmed.

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Daddy, rest his soul, had always said, “Forewarned is forearmed.”

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Forewarned is forearmed and all that.

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Pick your favorite cliché: Do as I say, not as I do; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; better safe than sorry; forewarned is forearmed.

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