waewae kai kapua
1. (noun) adventurous person, risk-taker, one with fanciful ideas, dreamer.
Kāore e tae te waewae pakiaka ki te waewae kai kapua (NP 2001:174). / Never will the foot stumbling on roots overtake the adventurous person. - a whakataukī used to refer to how an adventurous person or a risk-taker will succeed over the clumsy plodder.
Synonyms: manawa kai tūtae