“If you hurry, you will make people laugh.”

Поспішиш — людей насмішиш. Pospishysh — lyudey nasmishysh

🤨 What does it ACTUALLY mean? →

🇬🇧 What you'd actually say

“Rush it and you'll make a fool of yourself.”

also: “Haste makes waste.” · “Slow down or you'll mess it up.”

📖 Meaning: Doing something too fast leads to embarrassing mistakes.
💡 Why it's funny: English warns about waste; Ukrainian warns about public humiliation, which is a far more effective threat.
🧭 Closest English idiom: “Haste makes waste.”
📝 Explanation: One of the most quoted Ukrainian sayings, partly because it rhymes. Said before someone does something hastily.

🧠 Learn

make a fool of yourself (phrase) — to do something that makes you look silly — осоромитися “I made a fool of myself at the party.”
haste (noun) — doing something very quickly, often too quickly — поспіх “In his haste he forgot the keys.”

🗣 In context

Перевір ще раз. Поспішиш — людей насмішиш.

Check it again. Rush it and you'll make a fool of yourself.

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Questions people ask

What does “If you hurry, you will make people laugh.” mean?

Doing something too fast leads to embarrassing mistakes.

How do you say «Поспішиш — людей насмішиш.» in English?

Naturally: “Rush it and you'll make a fool of yourself.”. The closest English idiom is “Haste makes waste.”.