don't count your chickens before they've hatched

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Proverb

don't count your chickens before they've hatched

  1. Alternative form of don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
    • 1971, Franklin W. Dixon , “Prince Cuthbert”, in Danger on Vampire Trail (Hardy Boys Mystery Stories; 50), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, page 103:
      Don’t count your chickens before they’ve hatched,” Frank put in. “We’ll have to catch him first, and that won’t be easy.”
    • 1996, Leslee Becker, “Correspondence”, in The Sincere Cafe: Stories, Minneapolis, Minn.: Mid-List Press, →ISBN, page 121:
      The rare privilege of being pampered will delight you, but don’t count your chickens before they’ve hatched.
    • 2017, Eric Bower, “Luckily My Mouth Was Too Full of Muck”, in The Magnificent Flying Baron Estate (The Bizarre Baron Inventions; 1), New York, N.Y.: Amberjack Publishing, →ISBN, page 152:
      Don’t count your chickens before they’ve hatched,” I warned her. “Sure it seems like we’ve won, but you never know when something bad might happen.