英和和英

語源

Possibly, although not certainly, from the Latin saying praemonitus praemunitus.

ことわざ

forewarned is forearmed

1. Advance awareness of a situation, especially a risky one, prepares one to deal with it.
   • 1863, Charles Reade, chapter 4, in Hard Cash:

     [W]hatever a young gentleman of that age says to you, he says to many other ladies; but your experience is not equal to your sense; so profit by mine . . . forewarned is forearmed.

   • 1885, G. A. Henty, chapter 4, in Saint George for England:

     Sometimes, they say, it is wiser to remain in ignorance; at other times forewarned is forearmed.

   • c. 1903, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind:

     "Well, Miss Maxwell, I think it only fair to tell you that you may have trouble with those boys when they do come. Forewarned is forearmed, you know."

関連する語

• foresight
• forethought

参考

• a danger foreseen is half avoided
• word to the wise

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