Solving a small problem early prevents a bigger problem later.
Решение маленькой проблемы вовремя предотвращает более крупную проблему позже. (Reshenie malen'koy problemy vovremya predotvrashchaet boleye krupnuyu problemu pozhe.)
"Fix that leak now — a stitch in time saves nine."
"Почини утечку сейчас — своевременный ремонт сэкономит тебе девять." (Pochini utechku seychas — so-vremenny remont se-kon-o-mit te-be dye-vyat'.)
to summarize something briefly
to ensure that fairness or punishment is properly given
to retrieve something that has been stored or buried
to hear gossip or rumor indirectly
to keep emotions inside without expressing them
to improve an existing product or idea
