count chickens
Example Sentences
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"I am confident but I'm not overconfident. I'm by nature a cautious person, relatively conservative. I don't count chickens, I count eggs and until they hatch."
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2022
“I don’t want to count chickens before they hatch,” he says and pauses, “Three percent of hatchlings are born mutated or dead.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2016
Kentucky opponents and their fans have learned over the course of a long season never to count chickens before they hatch; never to count Kentucky out of any game.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2015
Were one to count chickens — always a risky proposition in the competitively balanced NFL — the Chargers could be 6-1 heading into a game at Denver on Thursday, Oct.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2014
As we say in TN, don't count chickens, etc.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
