first catch your hare

English

Etymology

Supposedly from an error in The Art of Cookery by Hannah Glasse, where "catch" should have read "case" (i.e. remove the skin); however, this is apocryphal.

Proverb

first catch your hare

  1. Make sure you have a thing before you decide what to do with it.
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