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Don’t Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. 

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4 Comments

  1. Katrin

    Alex bought two tickets as he was sure that someone would love to go to the movie with him but I told him not to count chickens before they hatch.

  2. Amy Estrada

    This is a great use of the proverb. To make it sound more natural we would add the word “his” before the word “chickens.” …I told him not to count his chickens before they hatch.

  3. Nia Khairina

    I think this proverb probably means that we should not be too quick to make future plans until what we are expecting really happen

  4. Amy Estrada

    Yes Nia, we should not make plans based on things that have not yet happened, because things can change.

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