first catch your hare

proverb The first step is to acquire something; then, determine what to do with it. I know you're eager to plan on going to Yale, but you haven't been accepted yet—first catch your hare.

First catch your hare.

Prov. Do not make plans about what you will do when you have something until you actually have it. Fred: When I buy my house on the beach, you can spend summers with me there. Ellen: First catch your hare.

See also: catch, first, hare

See also:

teach a man to fish
better bend than break
it takes a village
village
when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter
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

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I follow Mrs Beeton's recipe for hare pie: first catch your hare.'

Even without hare pie, Cameron will soon have plenty to get his teeth into

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