Due to Their Excessive Haste, You Spill Your Drink / By Their Haste You Spill
As a result of excessive haste, the liquid spills. A proverb criticizing overhasty behavior.
("He would fill a cup with the mixed blood; if the blood of one spilled, it would spoil his preparation… From where do we know? – The priests are hasty. If they are hasty, why does it spill? Due to their haste, you spill your drink." – Pesachim 85a)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אַגַּב זְרִיזוּתַיְהוּ דְּעָבְדִי מִשְׁתְּפִיךְ
Definition (Hebrew)
כְּתוֹצָאָה מִזְּרִיזוּת יֶתֶר נִשְׁפָּךְ הַנּוֹזֵל. פִּתְגָּם בִּגְנוּת חִפָּזוֹן מֻגְזָם.
("כּוֹס הָיָה מְמַלֵּא מִדַּם הַתַּעֲרוֹבוֹת, שֶׁאִם יִשָּׁפֵךְ דָּמוֹ שֶׁל אֶחָד מֵהֶן נִמְצָא זֶה מַכְשִׁירוֹ... מָנָא יָדַע? – כֹּהֲנִים זְרִיזִין הֵן. אִי זְרִיזִין אַמַּאי מִשְׁתְּפִיךְ? אַגַּב זְרִיזוּתַיְהוּ דְּעָבְדִי מִשְׁתְּפִיךְ" – פְּסָחִים סה ע"א)