English / proverb
Laugh Before Breakfast, Cry Before Supper
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Excessive, reckless gaiety or arrogant confidence early in the day often leads to grief or misfortune later.
In context
01
The wise grandmother reminded the overconfident youth, 'Laugh before breakfast, cry before supper; stay humble.'
02
He avoided boastful celebration over early luck, conscious of the proverb laugh before breakfast, cry before supper.
Synonyms
pride goes before a fall,heedless joy breeds sorrow,excess merriment invites gloom
Antonyms
measured happiness,serene humility,sustained equanimity
Collocations
remember laugh before breakfast,warning of laugh before breakfast,proverb laugh before breakfast