build on solid ground
BILD on SOL-id GROWND
bɪld ɒn ˈsɒlɪd ɡraʊndListen
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to establish plans, enterprises, or futures on reliable foundations — whether economic, institutional, educational, or social — rather than on fragile, temporary, or unstable conditions; the phrase draws on the construction metaphor of foundations determining the stability of everything built above them, and on biblical wisdom (Matthew 7:24-27) contrasting the wise builder who builds on rock with the foolish one who builds on sand; in development contexts, building on solid ground means prioritising institutions, infrastructure, education, and governance before or alongside economic growth, recognising that growth that lacks solid institutional foundations is vulnerable to collapse
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