the early bird gets the worm

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• /ði ˈɜɹli ˈbɜɹd ɡɛts ðə wɜɹm/
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60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: die oggendstond het goud in die mond — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Arabic: مِنْ سَبَق أَكْل النَبْق (min sabaq ʔakl an-nabq) — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Arabic: مِنْ سَبَقْ شَمْ الحَبْقْ (min sabaq šam al-ḥabq) — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Arabic: من سبق لبق — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Asturian: al que madruga, Dios lu ayuda — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Asturian: ún que madrugó un duru alcontró — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Belarusian: хто ра́на ўстае́ таму́ Бог дае́, а хто спіць да со́нца, таму́ хлеб у като́мцы (xto rána wstajé tamú Boh dajé, a xto spicʹ da sónca, tamú xljeb u katómcy) — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Catalan: qui matina fa farina — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Chinese Mandarin: 早起的鳥兒有蟲吃 /早起的鸟儿有虫吃 (zǎoqǐ de niǎor yǒu chóng chī) — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Chinese Mandarin: 先下手為強 /先下手为强 (xiān xiàshǒu wéi qiáng) — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Chinese Mandarin: 捷足先登 (jiézúxiāndēng) — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Chinese Mandarin: 近水樓台先得月 (jìnshuǐlóutái xiān dé yuè) — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Chinese Mandarin: 先到先得 (xiāndàoxiāndé) — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Czech: ranní ptáče dál doskáče — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Czech: komu se nelení, tomu se zelení — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Danish: morgenstund har guld i mund — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Dutch: morgenstond heeft goud in de mond — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Finnish: aikainen lintu madon nappaa — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• French: l'avenir appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• French: le monde appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• French: la vache la première au pré, lèche toute la rosée — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• German: der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• German: Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Hebrew: הציפור המשכימה קום תופסת את התולעת — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Hebrew: המשכים קום, אלוהים נותן לו שילום — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Hebrew: כל הקודם זוכה (kol hakódem zókhe) — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Hungarian: ki korán kel, aranyat lel — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Icelandic: morgunstund gefur gull in mund — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Indonesian: siapa cepat, dia dapat — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Irish: is leis an mochóirí an lá — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Italian: chi primo arriva meglio alloggia — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Italian: chi dorme non piglia pesci — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Italian: il mattino ha l'oro in bocca — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Japanese: 早起きの鳥は虫を捕らえる (hayaoki no tori wa mushi o toraeru) — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Japanese: 早起きは三文の徳 (hayaoki wa sanmon no toku) — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Japanese: 早いもの勝ち (hayai mono gachi) — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Korean: 일찍 일어나는 새가 벌레를 잡는다 (iljjik ireonaneun saega beollereul jamneunda) — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Macedonian: кој рано рани, две среќи граби (koj rano rani, dve sreḱi grabi) — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Malay: siapa cepat dia dapat — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Navajo: hashkééł ndaakaiígíí ayóo baa daʼneedééh — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Norman: l'heûsi n'a janmais ieu à emprunter du tardi — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Norwegian Bokmål: morgenstund har gull i munn — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Norwegian Nynorsk: morgonstund har gull i munn — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Polish: kto rano wstaje, temu Pan Bóg daje — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Portuguese: Deus ajuda quem cedo madruga — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Romanian: cine se trezește de dimineață, departe ajunge — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Russian: кто не успе́л, тот опозда́л (kto ne uspél, tot opozdál) — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Russian: кто ра́но встаёт, тому́ бог подаёт (kto ráno vstajót, tomú bog podajót) — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Serbo-Croatian: ко рано рани две среће граби — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Serbo-Croatian: птица раноранилица прва црва нађе — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Serbo-Croatian: ko rano rani dve sreće grabi — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Serbo-Croatian: ptica ranoranilica prva crva nađe — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Slovak: komu sa nelení, tomu sa zelení — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Spanish: a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Swedish: morgonstund har guld i mun — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Turkish: erken kalkan yol alır — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Turkish: erken kalktım işime, şeker kattım aşıma — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Ukrainian: хто рано встає, тому Бог дає (xto rano vstaje, tomu Boh daje) — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Vietnamese: con chim đầu bắt sâu — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success
• Zulu: inyoni yokuqala ibamba isibungu — whoever arrives first has the best chance of success