sooner the better, the

As quickly or early as possible, as in As for stopping that check, the sooner the better. This idiom was first recorded in 1477.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Petra	PET-rah (Finnish), PET-rə (English)	German, Dutch, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian, Swedish, Finnish, English
Jules (2)	JOOLZ	English
Manami	mah-nah-mee	Japanese
Pancratius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Domitille	-	French
Lilibet	-	English