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Don't Count Your Chickens before They Hatch


When you say ‘Don’t Count Your Chickens before They Hatch’
you mean that it’s important to avoid any hastiness when evaluating the assets
you have available.

Example of use: “I’m going to go to Hawaii when my bonus comes in.” Answer: “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch!”

 


Interesting fact about Don't Count Your Chickens before They Hatch

The origin of the expression ‘don’t count your chickens before they hatch’ is a direct reference to the fact that eggs sometimes fail to hatch, reducing the number of live chicks in a clutch. The first printed example is seen in a 1570 work by Thomas Howell, New Sonnets and Pretty Pamphlets: “Count not they chickens that unhatched be, weigh words as wind til though find certainty.”