speak too soon

verb

Definitions

  1. To say something that is then contradicted by events, normally in an unwelcome way.

    • Uh-oh, it's started raining again. I spoke too soon when I said the weather was brightening up.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for speak too soon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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