you need to bait the hook to catch the fish

proverb You need to take the necessary preparations in order to do something successfully. We can't bake the cake if you didn't buy eggs or vanilla extract. Come on, you need to bait the hook to catch the fish.

See also: bait, catch, fish, hook, need, to

See also:

best-laid plans go astray, the
best-laid schemes/plans, the
the best-laid plans
the best-laid plans go astray
the best-laid plans of mice and men
teach a man to fish
it takes a village
village
when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter
a little knowledge is a dangerous thing

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