English Explanatory Dictionary

pride comes before a fall

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. A person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure.

Word forms

pride comes before a fall pride goes before a fall pride goeth before a fall pride wenteth before a fall pride cometh before a fall pride comes before the fall

Etymology

Probably a truncation of Proverbs 16:18.

Related words

hamartia hubris the bigger they are, the harder they fall
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