count your chickens

count your chickens
count your chickens
◇ If you count your chickens or (US) count your chickens before they hatch or (Brit) before they're hatched, you believe that something you want to happen will definitely happen before you know for certain that it really will.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch–we don't know yet if she will accept our offer.

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Main Entry:chicken

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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