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count chickens before they hatch

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count one's chickens before they hatch
Fig. to plan how to utilize good results of something before those results have occurred. (The same as Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.) You may be disappointed if you count your chickens before they hatch.
See also: before, chicken, count, hatch


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As someone said, don't waste your energy trying to count chickens before they hatch," he said, quoting remarks by U.
As someone said, don't waste your energy trying to count chickens before they hatch," he said, quoting remarks by U.
Hill said he was "cautiously optimistic, but I don't want to count chickens before they hatch.
 
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