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slow and steady wins the race

slow and steady wins the race proverb: patient work will eventually conquer any problem.

Proverb

slow and steady wins the race

  1. Patient work will eventually conquer any problem.

slow and steady wins the race meaning in Malayalam and Vietnamese

slow and steady wins the race in Malayalam

patient work will conquer any problem
പയ്യെത്തിന്നാൽ പനയും തിന്നാം payyettinnāl panayuṁ tinnāṁ

slow and steady wins the race in Vietnamese

patient work will conquer any problem
chậm mà chắc

Forms of slow and steady wins the race

alternative formslow but sure wins the race

Origin of slow and steady wins the race

Originated from one of Aesop's Fables, The Tortoise and the Hare.

Questions about slow and steady wins the race

What does slow and steady wins the race mean?
Slow and steady wins the race means patient work will eventually conquer any problem.
What is slow and steady wins the race in Malayalam?
Slow and steady wins the race in Malayalam is പയ്യെത്തിന്നാൽ പനയും തിന്നാം (payyettinnāl panayuṁ tinnāṁ). See Slow and steady wins the race meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is slow and steady wins the race?
Slow and steady wins the race is a proverb.

Words near slow and steady wins the race in the dictionary

  1. Slovn.
  2. Slovomir
  3. Slovoslav
  4. Slovyansk
  5. slow
  6. slow and steady wins the race
  7. slow as a snail
  8. slow as Christmas
  9. slow as molasses
  10. slow as molasses in January
  11. slow as tar

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