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"word": "لَا تَشْتَرِي ٱلسَّمَكَ وَهُوَ فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ بَلِ ٱنْتَظِرْ حَتَّى يُصْطَادَ"
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "il ne faut pas vendre la peau de l’ours avant de l’avoir tué"
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
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"word": "ekki er sopið kálið þó í ausuna sé komið"
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"word": "fyrr skal fuglinn veiddur en steiktur"
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "ní breac é go raibh sé ar an bport"
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "non dire gatto se non ce l'hai nel sacco"
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "non cantare vittoria troppo presto"
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "捕らぬ狸の皮算用"
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "김칫국부터 마시지 마라"
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"word": "ante victoriam ne canas triumphum"
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
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"word": "selge skinnet før bjørnen er skutt"
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"word": "جوجه رو آخر پاییز می شمارند"
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "nie dziel skóry na niedźwiedziu"
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "nie chwal dnia przed zachodem słońca"
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "nie mów hop, póki nie przeskoczysz"
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "não conte com o ovo dentro da galinha"
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"word": "não conte com o ovo antes da galinha botar"
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"word": "toamna se numără bobocii"
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "nu vinde blana ursului din pădure"
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "nu zice hop până nu ai sărit"
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "цыпля́т по о́сени счита́ют"
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"roman": "ne delí škúru neubítovo medvédja",
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"roman": "poká ne pereprýgnešʹ",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "не говори́ «гоп», пока́ не перепры́гнешь"
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "mol an latha math mu oidhche"
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "no vendas la piel del oso antes de cazarlo"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "hasta el rabo, todo es toro"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "no echar las campanas al vuelo"
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "no kosi kaiman mama fosi yu abra liba"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "sälj inte skinnet innan björnen är skjuten"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "ta inte ut segern i förskott"
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"roman": "ālu lēdu, cūlu lēdu, koḍuku pēru sōmaliṅgamu",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "ఆలు లేదు, చూలు లేదు, కొడుకు పేరు సోమలింగము"
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"code": "th",
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "สงครามยังไม่จบ อย่าเพิ่งนับศพทหาร"
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "dereyi görmeden paçaları sıvamak"
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"roman": "ne xvalý denʹ do véčora",
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"word": "не хвали́ день до ве́чора"
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"roman": "xvalý denʹ uvéčeri, a žyttjá péred smértju",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
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"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
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"word": "it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings"
},
{
"word": "out of the woods"
}
],
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{
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"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Telugu translations",
"Terms with Thai translations",
"Terms with Turkish translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"Terms with Walloon translations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "[1663 (indicated as 1664), [Samuel Butler], “The Second Part of Hudibras. Canto III.”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC, page 175:",
"text": "[...] Make Fools believe in their fore-seeing / Of things before they are in Being; / To swallow Gudgeons ere th' are catch'd, / And count their Chickens ere th' are hatch'd, [...]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"One should not depend upon a favorable (and typically overoptimistic) outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur."
],
"links": [
[
"depend",
"depend"
],
[
"favorable",
"favorable"
],
[
"typically",
"typically"
],
[
"overoptimistic",
"overoptimistic"
],
[
"outcome",
"outcome"
],
[
"plans",
"plan#Noun"
],
[
"certain",
"certain"
],
[
"occur",
"occur"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "don't get your hopes up"
},
{
"word": "don't sell the skin till you have caught the bear"
}
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "don't count your chickens before they hatch"
},
{
"word": "don't count your chickens before the eggs have hatched"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "moenie die beer se vel verkoop voordat hy geskiet is nie"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "peshku në det, tigani në zjarr"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lā taštarī s-samaka wahuwa fī l-baḥri bali ntaẓir ḥattā yuṣṭāda",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "لَا تَشْتَرِي ٱلسَّمَكَ وَهُوَ فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ بَلِ ٱنْتَظِرْ حَتَّى يُصْطَادَ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "no diguis blat fins que no sigui al sac i ben lligat"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wù dǎ rúyìsuànpán",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "(勿打)如意算盤 /(勿打)如意算盘"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bié yīxiāngqíngyuàn",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "(別)一廂情願 /一厢情愿"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bié zuò báirìmèng",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "(別做)白日夢 /(别做)白日梦"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "neříkej hop, dokud nepřeskočíš"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "nechval dne před večerem"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "pels ikke bjørnen før den er skudt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "de huid niet verkopen voor de beer geschoten is"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "la manĝota fiŝo estas ankoraŭ en la rivero"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "älä nuolaise ennen kuin tipahtaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "älä nylje karhua ennen kuin se on kaadettu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "il ne faut pas vendre la peau de l’ours avant de l’avoir tué"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "no stâ vendi le piel dal ors prime di vêlu copât"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "but slightly different sense",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"tags": [
"common"
],
"word": "man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "man soll das Fell des Bären nicht verteilen, bevor er erlegt ist"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sūt na kapās julāhõ mẽ laṭṭham-laṭṭhā",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "सूत न कपास जुलाहों में लट्ठम-लट्ठा"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "ne igyál előre a medve bőrére"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "nyugtával dicsérd a napot"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "ekki er sopið kálið þó í ausuna sé komið"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "fyrr skal fuglinn veiddur en steiktur"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "ní breac é go raibh sé ar an bport"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "non dire gatto se non ce l'hai nel sacco"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "non cantare vittoria troppo presto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "toranu tanuki no kawazan'yō",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "捕らぬ狸の皮算用"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gimchitgukbuteo masiji mara",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "김칫국부터 마시지 마라"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "ante victoriam ne canas triumphum"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "viščiukus skaičiuoja vakarais"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "kāti te toitoi okewa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "ahakoa iti te koutu whenua e kore e taea te parepare"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "tʼáadoo danitʼání íítiʼ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "selge skinnet før bjørnen er skutt"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "جوجه رو آخر پاییز می شمارند"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "nie dziel skóry na niedźwiedziu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "nie chwal dnia przed zachodem słońca"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "nie mów hop, póki nie przeskoczysz"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "não conte com o ovo dentro da galinha"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "não conte com o ovo antes da galinha botar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "toamna se numără bobocii"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "nu vinde blana ursului din pădure"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "nu zice hop până nu ai sărit"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "cyplját po óseni sčitájut",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "цыпля́т по о́сени счита́ют"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne delí škúru neubítovo medvédja",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "не дели́ шку́ру неуби́того медве́дя"
},
{
"alt": "ne govorí «gop»",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poká ne pereprýgnešʹ",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "не говори́ «гоп», пока́ не перепры́гнешь"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "ajātputranāmotkīrtan",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "अजातपुत्रनामोत्कीर्तन"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "na h-abair diug a choidhche ris an eun gus an dig e às an ugh"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "dèan fanaid air do sheann-bhrògan nuair a gheibh thu do bhrògan ùra"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "mol an latha math mu oidhche"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "mol an deireadh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "no vendas la piel del oso antes de cazarlo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "hasta el rabo, todo es toro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "no echar las campanas al vuelo"
},
{
"code": "srn",
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "no kosi kaiman mama fosi yu abra liba"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "sälj inte skinnet innan björnen är skjuten"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "ta inte ut segern i förskott"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "ālu lēdu, cūlu lēdu, koḍuku pēru sōmaliṅgamu",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "ఆలు లేదు, చూలు లేదు, కొడుకు పేరు సోమలింగము"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "สงครามยังไม่จบ อย่าเพิ่งนับศพทหาร"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "dereyi görmeden paçaları sıvamak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ne xvalý denʹ do véčora",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "не хвали́ день до ве́чора"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xvalý denʹ uvéčeri, a žyttjá péred smértju",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "хвали́ день уве́чері, а життя́ пе́ред сме́ртю"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur",
"word": "i n' fåt nén vinde l' oû k' est co e cou del poye"
}
],
"word": "don't count your chickens before they're hatched"
}
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