idiom > go off at half cock
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Act with undue haste
  Explanation: Exercise: do, in. Deal with things, too impatient to solve the problem.
  Usage: The main predicate; as predicate, object; containing derogatory, used to exhort others not to engage in reckless
  Source: Han Ban Gu "Han topography of the five elements under the": "None of the anti-horse round those lonely, speaking of the urgent carry on."
  Examples: Yang Sichang and high-potential did not play angry, advised him not to ~, details of proposed operational strategy to slow. (Yao Xueyin "Rereading," Volume I Chapter II)
  Results: Wei Wu whiplash
  Postscript: Wei Wu whiplash
  Riddle: Wei Wu whiplash
cāo zhī guò jí
  Act in urgent mood, anxious
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No. 3
  Step by step, do not rush
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No. 4
  Things are too impatient. Guanying "Advising Learning smoking on": "before too hasty, after they are overly lenient." Mao Zedong "On Policy": "But to correct errors, should be step by step, and not be too hasty." Also for " The cut-off exercise. " Yiduo "On the Art of Democracy": "My personal view, the current democratic movement does not enjoy fighting, and maybe some older generation who believe that the over-cutting exercise, but not good."
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No. 5
  操之过急 ( cāo zhī guò jí )
  解 释 操:做;过:过分。处理事情或解决问题过于急躁。
  出 处 东汉·班固《汉书·五行地志中之下》:“匹马觭轮无的反者,操之急矣。
  用 法 主谓式;作谓语、宾语;含贬义,用于劝诫别人不要鲁莽从事
  示 例 毛泽东《论政策》:“但在纠正错误时,应是有步骤的,不可~。 姚雪垠《李自成》第一卷第二章:“杨嗣昌和高起潜都没生气,劝他不要~,对作战方略要慢慢详议。 ”
  近义词 急于求成、急功近利
  反义词 处之泰然、措置裕如 、按部就班
  歇后语 魏武挥鞭
  灯 谜 魏武挥鞭
English Expression
  1. n.:  go off at half cock,  act precipitately,  Act with undue haste,  carry sth.too far
  2. adj.:  done or acting too hastily,  presumptuous
Thesaurus
unthoughtful and rash, So so., careless; negligent, Thick floating, coarse Flighty and impatient air, railroading
Complacence Jile, hug oneself at, glory, complacence, Humaihuyang, Airs, lay a flattering unction to one's soul, In body Jishi, Suspicion Health dark ghost, To whom Italy, narcissism
Antonym
be out of one's wits, the unruly; desperado, unprincipled fellow; law-breaker, be homeless dog; be thrown out like disowned dogs; feel lost like a stray dog, be frightened out of one's life; be scared of one's wits; in panic; be battered out of one's senses, be agitated, desperado, perturbation lose one's head, the bird that has been injured by the bow, have a lingering fear; have terror in one's heart; with unforgotten trepidition, prostrate with fear, Despondent Regret it, turn pale at the mere mention of a tiger or sth. terrible, vacancy, become terror-stricken of the news, seem Amount to to lose, look blank, Escape from the net Zhiyu, escape from the net Fish, Frightened, anxious be in a desperate situation, In a daze Regret it, despair belie, Knitted brows tears
Containing Phrases
Gut no fish till you get them.Never fry a fish till it's caught.keep (a) shop Initiative Walk do not go off at half cock
keep (a) shop Initiative Walk do not go off at half cock