First come, first served.
Prior tempore, potior iure.
Proverbs on a similar topic
- There is a time for all things.
- Better late than never.
- Time is money.
- All in good time.
- Now is now and then was then.
- Strike while the iron is hot.
- Christmas comes but once a year.
- Time and tide wait for no man.
- Let bygones be bygones.
- After death the doctor.
- It is easy to be Wise after the event.
- It is no use crying over spilt milk.
- What is done cannot be undone.
- Time is the best healer.
- After a storm comes a calm.
- Every day is not Sunday.
- It is too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted.
- It is too late to call back yesterday.
- Marry your son when you Will, your daughter when you can.
- Times change and we with them.
- A wonder lasts but nine days.
- Must I tell you a tale and find your ears too?
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
- He that comes first to the hill, may sit where he Will.
- Who comes late, lodges ill.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
- Prior tempore, potior iure. The earlier the time, the better the right.
- Sero venientibus ossa. The bones come late.
- Primus veniens primus molet. First come first served.
French
- Les os sont pour les absents. The bones are for the absent.
- Les premiers vont devant. The first ones go ahead.
- Qui premier arrive au moulin, premier engrène. First to the mill, first to gear.
- Le premier venu engrène. The first to come along gears.
German
- Wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst. First come, first served.
- Besser zu früh als zu spät. Better too early than too late.
Czech
- Kdo dřív přijde, ten dřív mele. First come, first served.
- Kdo pozdě chodí, sám sobě škodí. Those who are late are harming themselves.
- Kdo zaváhá, nežere. He who hesitates does not eat.
- Pozdní hosti jedí kosti. Late guests eat bones.
- Kdo za stolem jídlo zmešká, Bohu ho není žel. Whoever misses a meal at the table, God is not pleased with him.
- Kdo dřív do mlýna nese, tomu dříve melou. He who is first to the mill shall be first to the grinding mill.