measure twice and cut once

An axiom that encourages careful first steps in order to avoid extra work later on. I have to go back to the store because I cut the wrong size out of my last piece of material. "Measure twice and cut once" should be my new motto!

See also: and, cut, measure, once, twice

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Asenath	AS-ə-nath (English)	Biblical
EirÍKr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Ayres	[ɛəz]
Annie	['æni]
David	DAY-vid (English), dah-VEED (Jewish, Spanish), da-VEED (French), DAH-vit (German, Dutch), DAH-vid (Swedish, Norwegian), dah-VEET (Russian)	English, Hebrew, French, Scottish, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, C
Polly	['pɔli]