English Idioms – don’t count your chickens before they hatch

Idiom

don’t count your chickens before they hatch

Definition

don’t be to sure something will happen until it actually happens

Example

He had bought a new car and then the market crashed and he found himself in debt. He counted his chickens before they hatched.

See also:

English Idioms – don’t put all your eggs in one basket

English Idioms – dead heat