不见兔子不撒鹰

不见兔子不撒鹰
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you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)

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MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. adverb

    you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)

    • He doesn't release the hawk until he sees the rabbit; he never does anything he's not sure about.

  2. adverb

    one doesn't act before one is sure to succeed

    • He won't give up his hawk until he sees the rabbit, and he never does anything without certainty.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.

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