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