Talk:don't count your chickens before they're hatched
Alternate definition
Seems to me something like 'A parable warning against undue, or unreasonable reliance on potentially risky unrealized assets' would be a better definition. The current one seems circular. But maybe I'm being too technical for a statement about chickens?
Better german translation
Man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben. - Don't praise the day before the evening. The current translation with Milchmädchenrechnung has a different meaning. 79.246.123.2 15:44, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
- You're not quite right. The Milchmädchen one has pretty much the same sense as the English phrase; it's just not very common. Yours is a good alternative, as it's quite common, but the sense is not exactly the same, just close. Kolmiel (talk)
RFV discussion: July–October 2017
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Not the common first sense (i.e. don't rely on future benefits that haven't yet appeared) but sense 2: "You should not expect all of your hopes to be fulfilled." Equinox ◑ 12:15, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
- Isn't that just a part-definition? The first one essentially says "You should not expect all of your hopes to be fulfilled and make plans based on that", the second just leaves out the planning part. W3ird N3rd (talk) 20:45, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 01:28, 17 October 2017 (UTC)