Don't count your chickens before they hatch

Meaning: Don't assume success before it happens.

Origin: Aesop's fable, recorded in English by the 16th century.

Translations

• French: Il ne faut pas vendre la peau de l'ours avant de l'avoir tué (literally: Don't sell the bear's skin before killing it)
• Spanish: No vendas la piel del oso antes de cazarlo (literally: Don't sell the bear's skin before hunting it)
• Japanese: 捕らぬ狸の皮算用 (Toranu tanuki no kawazan'yō) (literally: Counting the skin of an uncaught raccoon dog)

More proverbs about Wisdom

• Knowledge is power — Education and learning give you strength and advantage.
• Time heals all wounds — Emotional pain fades with the passage of time.
• Where there is smoke, there is fire — Rumors or signs usually indicate some truth.
• Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day — Teaching someone is more valuable than doing things for them.
• All that glitters is not gold — Appearances can be misleading.
• The best things in life are free — The most valuable experiences don't cost money.

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