phrase
Ko rano rani, dve sreće grabi
the early riser catches two strokes of luck
кто рано встаёт, тому Бог подаёт (букв. кто рано встаёт, хватает два счастья)
With stress
Kȍ rȁno rȁnī, dvȇ srȅće grȁbī
In Cyrillic
Ко рано рани, две среће граби
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- 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
- Ȉver ne pȁdā dalèko od klȁdethe chip does not fall far from the log