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Old 19-Jul-2005, 11:27
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In Finland we have an idiom, which describes that you embark on something unprepared and consequently fail.

What english idiom(s) would match that?
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We have 'look before you leap', which is the closest I can think of off-hand.
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OK
Sounds fine
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The trouble is that it is given as advice when someone is about to do something unplanned, but it's pretty close.
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