Jill: When I get my raise, I'll use the extra money to go on vacation. Jane: But you don't know for sure that you're going to get a raise. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
don't count your chickens (before they are hatched) — don t count your ˈchickens (before they are ˈhatched) idiom (saying) you should not be too confident that sth will be successful, because sth may still go wrong Main entry: ↑countidiom … Useful english dictionary
don’t count your chickens before they are hatched — An instruction not to make, or act upon, an assumption (usually favourable) which might turn out to be wrong. The metaphorical phrase to count one’s chickens is also used. c 1570 T. HOWELL New Sonnets C2 Counte not thy Chickens that vnhatched be … Proverbs new dictionary
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched. — Don t count (your) chickens (before they re hatched). something that you say in order to warn someone to wait until a good thing they are expecting has really happened before they make any plans about it. You might be able to get a loan from the… … New idioms dictionary
don't count your chickens (before they're hatched) — don’t count your chickens (before they’re hatched) phrase used for telling someone not to make plans that depend on the success of something until they are certain that it is successful Thesaurus: ways of warning or advising someonesynonym… … Useful english dictionary
count\ one's\ chickens\ before\ they\ are\ hatched — v. phr. informal To depend on getting a profit or gain before you have it; make plans that suppose something will happen; be too sure that something will happen. Usually used in negative sentences: Don t count on things to turn out exactly as you … Словарь американских идиом
not\ count\ one's\ chickens\ before\ they\ are\ hatched — v. phr. informal To depend on getting a profit or gain before you have it; make plans that suppose something will happen; be too sure that something will happen. Usually used in negative sentences: Don t count on things to turn out exactly as you … Словарь американских идиом
Don't count chickens before they're hatched. — Don t count (your) chickens (before they re hatched). something that you say in order to warn someone to wait until a good thing they are expecting has really happened before they make any plans about it. You might be able to get a loan from the… … New idioms dictionary
Don't count your chickens. — Don t count (your) chickens (before they re hatched). something that you say in order to warn someone to wait until a good thing they are expecting has really happened before they make any plans about it. You might be able to get a loan from the… … New idioms dictionary
count\ one's\ chickens\ until\ they\ are\ hatched — v. phr. informal To depend on getting a profit or gain before you have it; make plans that suppose something will happen; be too sure that something will happen. Usually used in negative sentences: Don t count on things to turn out exactly as you … Словарь американских идиом
Don't count chickens. — Don t count (your) chickens (before they re hatched). something that you say in order to warn someone to wait until a good thing they are expecting has really happened before they make any plans about it. You might be able to get a loan from the… … New idioms dictionary
count — see don’t count your chickens before they are hatched … Proverbs new dictionary
