Careful Phrases

Phrases

• Attention to detail
• Be careful how you use it! (Hai Karate Aftershave advertising slogan)
• Be careful what you wish for
• Beat about the bush
• Belt and braces
• Better safe than sorry
• Beware of Greeks bearing gifts
• Beware of cheap imitations
• Beware the Ides of March
• Count the pennies
• Details make the difference
• Double check
• Due diligence
• Easy does it
• Err on the side of caution
• Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains (Thomas Carlyle quotation)
• Handle with care
• Handle with kid gloves
• Have a care
• Hedge your bets
• If you can't be good, be careful
• Let the buyer beware
• Let's be careful out there (A catchphrase from Hill Street Blues)
• Like a cat on a hot coals
• Like a cat on a hot tin roof
• Look before you leap
• Look out
• Look over your shoulder
• Look to your laurels
• Make a list; check it twice
• Measure twice, cut once
• Mind how you go (A catchphrase from Dixon of Dock Green)
• Mind the gap
• Mind your backs
• Mind your language
• Mind your manners
• Mind your p's and q's
• Not gonna do it. Wouldn't be prudent. (A catchphrase from Saturday Night Live)
• Once bitten, twice shy
• Penny pinching
• Safety first
• Safety net
• Stay safe
• Throw caution to the wind
• Tidy mind
• Treading a fine line
• Walk on eggshells
• Watch your back
• Watch your step
• Watching your weight
• You can't be too careful