Don't count chickens

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Don't count your chickens (before they're hatched).

something that you say in order to warn someone to wait until a good thing they are expecting has really happened before they make any plans about it You might be able to get a loan from the bank, but don't count your chickens.

See also: chicken, count

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TOKYO, May 18 Kyodo Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press: DON'T COUNT CHICKENS DESPITE GDP GROWTH (The Daily Yomiuri as translated from the Yomiuri Shimbun) The nation's gross domestic product for the January-March quarter showed the economy is expanding modestly. Japanese editorial excerpts by Japan Weekly Monitor			Dog does not eat dog dog eat dog dog-tired doghouse doing doing okay doing okay? doldrums dole dole out dollar dollar for dollar dollar signs in eyes dollars to donuts dollars-and-cents dolled up don don't amount to a bucket of spit don't ask don't ask me don't believe I've had the pleasure don't bet on it don't bother me none Don't bother me! don't care if I do Don't count chickens Don't cry before you are hurt don't cut no ice Don't even go there Don't even look like Don't even think about it Don't get mad, get even don't get me wrong don't get up Don't get your bowels in an uproar! Don't give me any of your lip! Don't give me that! Don't give up the day job! Don't have a cow! don't have a pot to piss in Don't hold your breath Don't knock it don't know whether to eat it or rub it on don't let get you down Don't let it go any further Don't make me laugh Don't make me laugh! Don't make me say it again! Don't mention it don't mind if I do don't need this			don't breathe a word don't breathe a word don't breathe a word Don't Bring Me Down Don't Bug My Supervisor Don't Call Back Don't Call Me, I'll Call You Don't Call Us, We'll Call You don't care a fig don't care a fig don't care a fig don't care a hang don't care a hang don't care a hang don't care a hoot don't care a hoot don't care a whit don't care a whoop don't care a whoop don't care a whoop Don't care condition Don't care condition don't care if I do Don't Care Much don't care two hoots don't care two hoots Don't come Don't come Don't Come Back Monday Don't Come Monday Don't count chickens Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers! Don't Cry Don't cry before you are hurt Don't Cry For Me Argentina Don't cry over spilled milk don't cut no ice don't cut no squares Don't Damn Me Don't Defeat Yourself Don't Die Don't Distrub the God don't do a stroke of work don't do a stroke of work don't do a stroke of work don't do a stroke of work Don't do Anything Don't Do Drugs Don't Do It Don't Do That Don't do That Again Don't do That Then Don't do that then! don't do things by halves don't do things by halves don't do things by halves don't do things by halves Don't Drink and Drive Don't Drink the Water Don't drop the soap Don't Eat Me

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