הִקְדִּים רְפוּאָה לְמַכָּה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

To foresee the danger and avert it/ prepare the medicine before the injury

הגדרה (אנגלית)

In the question: Be quick to provide a solution to a major problem before it arises or worsens. Prepare from the beginning for the impending disaster to arrive and prepare a way to deal with it.

("And how many troubles have disappeared from my eyes, and from them you have delivered me/ And before the first plague came, there was healing for my stricken ones, and I was not informed" - R. Shlomo ibn Gabriel, Kether Malchut, and so: "The Holy One, blessed be He, does not smite Israel, unless He creates for them a healing that begins" - Revelation 13:2, and so: "He is the desire of existence that brings Our people believe... He who stands on guard always brings healing to the wounded" - One of the People / The Negation of the Exile, and so: "The ram and his companions began from the beginning, and his cover began from the emptying of the wounded, healing to the wounded, and he stretched out his hand" - Agnon / This way and that, and the crookedness was straight, 83)