You may be disappointed if you count your chickens before they hatch.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
count one's chickens before they are hatched — To plan or act on the basis of expectations or future results without conclusive evidence that they will be fulfilled • • • Main Entry: ↑chick count one s chickens before they are hatched see under ↑chick1 • • • Main Entry: ↑hatch … 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
hatch — See: COUNT ONE S CHICKENS BEFORE THEY ARE HATCHED … Dictionary of American idioms
hatch — See: COUNT ONE S CHICKENS BEFORE THEY ARE HATCHED … Dictionary of American idioms
hatch — See: count one s chickens before they are hatched … Словарь американских идиом
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