phrase
Ko čeka, dočeka
he who waits, gets there in the end
кто ждёт, тот дождётся
With stress
Kȍ čȅkā, dòčekā
In Cyrillic
Ко чека, дочека
In phrasebooks
Next to it in the phrasebook
- Kȍ rȁno rȁnī, dvȇ srȅće grȁbīthe early riser catches two strokes of luck
- Bez mȕke néma nàukeno learning without hardship
- Vȗk dlȁku mȇnjā, àli ćȗd nȉkadathe wolf changes its coat but never its temper
- Bȍlje vrábac u rúci nȅgo gȍlūb na gránia sparrow in the hand beats a pigeon on the branch
- Kȍ drȕgome jȁmu kȍpā, sam u njȗ ùpadāhe who digs a pit for another falls into it himself
- Bȍlje ȉkad nȅgo nȉkadbetter ever than never
- Nȉje zlȃto svȅ štȍ sȉjāall that glitters is not gold
- Tȉha vòda brȇg rȍnīstill water wears away the bank
- U láži su krátke nȍgelies have short legs
- Bȍlje spréčiti nȅgo léčitiprevention is better than cure