liever blode Jan dan dode Jan

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • beter blode Jan dan dode Jan

Etymology

Literally, “better cowardly Jan than dead Jan”.

Phrase

liever blode Jan dan dode Jan

  1. (idiomatic) better safe than sorry
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