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don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly

don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly proverb: drive your vehicle at a safe speed.

Proverb

don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly

  1. Drive your vehicle at a safe speed.
    • Don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly is one of my favourite proverbs directed at drivers.2009, George Epp, What I Meant to Say was, page 120
    • Mr. Kelley often shared trucker wisdom as visitors left him to drive home. His three Rules of the Road apply to life as well as to driving: Keep the greasy side down. Watch the car behind the car in front of you. Don’t drive faster than your guardian angel can fly.2018 February 12, “Obituaries: William Don Kelley”, in The Vienna Times & Goreville Gazette
  2. (figuratively) Do not rush impulsively into things or get carried away by your emotions.
    • The instructor's concluding trope, “Don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly,” conveyed the sentiment that agents should not let their emotions get the better of them.2016, Heith Copes, Mark R. Pogrebin, Voices from Criminal Justice
    • He gave me a facial expression of recognition, '“Don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly”,' I finished with a smile.2017, C. J. Michaels, Ladybug, page 240

Examples of don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly in a sentence

  • Don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly.2021, Lora Mae Miller, Behold the King: Jesus in Every Book of the Bible:
  • Don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly, they say.2022, Dianne G. Poppert, Beyond Living Life Underneath: Reflections and Considerations:

Questions about don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly

What does don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly mean?
Don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly means drive your vehicle at a safe speed.
How do you use don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly in a sentence?
Don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly.
What part of speech is don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly?
Don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly is a proverb.

Words near don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly in the dictionary

  1. don't cry over spilled milk
  2. don't cut yourself on that edge
  3. don't diet, try it
  4. don't dip your pen in company ink
  5. don't do anything I wouldn't do
  6. don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly
  7. don't drop the soap
  8. don't even think about it
  9. don't feed the troll
  10. don't feed the trolls
  11. don't fight the tape

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