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Today's expression has rhyming words.

And it might have to do with birdhouses?

Haste Makes Waste 欲速则不达

Jonathan: Anna, what are you making?

Anna: It's supposed to be a birdhouse.

Jonathan: That's going to kill a bird … not shelter it.

Anna: I know, I didn't measure the wood before I started sawing.Now I have to buy all new wood!

Jonathan: "Haste makes waste," Anna.

Anna: Not helpful.

"Haste" means doing something very quickly.

So "haste makes waste" means that doing something too quickly can lead to mistakes.

Those mistakes result in wasted time, money, effort and, in Anna's case, wood.

And that's English in a Minute.