A stitch in time saves nine

As it is subtly suggested, this has nothing to do with cracks in spatiotemporal continuum structures. The meaning of this proverb is frequently brought up in the Phrase Finder forum, so I will clarify. Frequently asked question is "to save nine things"? "Time stitching" requires quick stitching of small holes or quickly tearing of material fragments, so further stitching will be needed later as the hole becomes larger. Obviously, the first user of this expression means saving nine stitches.

This well-known expression obviously means motivation for laziness. Particularly pleasing is "9 hours saving" is a crossword puzzle, which means "motivated".

Anglo - Saxon 's professional ethics are being summoned here. Many English proverbs encouraged immediate effort until things were postponed; for example, "1 year seed, 7 year weed", "long-term thieves" and "early birds trapped by early birds" insect"

The concept of "time stitching" has been written in English for a long time and was first recorded in Thomas Fuller's Gnomologia, Adagies and Proverbs, Wise Sentences and Witty Sayings, Ancient and Modern, Foreign and British, 1732.

Fuller recorded many early proverbs in that language and wrote a descriptive preface for that.

"Since the scriptures are relatively easy to obtain and remember earlier than prose, ordinary people are too used to syllable jingle, so many slangs are so shaped and often misunderstood in rhythm I think this small artifact is deliberately designed for its oddity and arched shape.

To the best of my knowledge, the first person who clearly stated "time stitching saves 9" is not that "Fuller is not so confident" written by the British astronomer Francis Bailey in the journal . Augustus Morgan written in 1797 and August 1856:

After a while, we took the way to take her [boat] in the middle of flow by observing the moment she began to change.

By stitching small holes when you see it, you can prevent further sewing (save 9 stitches). In 1732, it was recorded that "time sewing may save 9" and in the latter half of 1797 it was found to be more confident "9 time saving time stitch". Literally means sewing a needle is easier than sewing a needle.

Saving nine words in time for this proverb means that those who solve the problem during the development process save time and can work in the future. That means the art of sewing. If the tailor notices the hole by working on the garment, she can correct it as soon as she sees it. This will prevent the hole from becoming larger and save future work. In the aspect of road maintenance management, "9-hour savings" is even more in old traditional legends. According to the California Transportation Committee, road maintenance costs increase by 9 dollars as the "road condition index" of the road falls to "fair", and road maintenance costs will increase by 9 dollars when the road condition becomes "failed" . - San Francisco Chronicle

This is incorrect. In theaters and hospital fights, annual failures can cause loss of life. So, "Time Stitch saves 9"? According to the proverbs that have existed for hundreds of years, Ben Franklin also said: "Because of the lack of nails, the shoes are lost, the horses are lost, the horses are lost, horseshoe-shaped nails are damn To prevent it, the enemy killed him. "