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> 案ずるより産むが易し
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> It is better to get down to work than (just) to worry about it (beforehand).
> ｜ Fear can magnify a danger. ｜ A danger is not as great as it seems in
> advance. ｜ We have nothing to fear but fear itself.

I am a bad with classical Japanese so please need some help understanding the
grammar here.

All I can see is 易し is old 終止形 of 易しい, and the 案ずるより perhaps a contrastive
adverbial clause ("rather than worry...") if modern rules apply but what is
the 産むが part - how does that translate to "fear"? (a somewhat detailed grammar
breakdown would be appreciated!)
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Help understanding 案ずるより産むが易し
* 案ずるより: rather than worrying 
    * 案ずる: to worry (archaic version of 案じる)
    * ～より: than ～
  * 産むが: bearing (a baby) (is) 
    * 産む: to bear (a baby)
    * が: (subject marker)
  * 易し: easy (archaic version of 易しい)

Since this is a proverb, 産む here is used to figuratively mean "to actually do
something".
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