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What does 'Don't count your chickens before they hatch' mean?
Do not assume that certain outcomes will happen before they actually occur.
What is the origion of 'Don't count your chickens before they hatch'?
This phrase advises caution against planning based on uncertain events or outcomes and highlights the risk of expecting results before they are guaranteed. First documented in English in Thomas Howell's 1570 work, 'New Sonnets and Pretty Pamphlets,' the phrase likely originates from medieval and early modern Latin stories and proverbs.
Emoji meanings
- represents 'Don't' represents 'count' represents 'chickens'
symbolizing the outcome or result
represents 'before they hatch'indicating the premature nature of making assumptions
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