Don't count your chickens before they're hatched. - English example sentence

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al_ex_an_der November 14, 2011 November 14, 2011 at 10:51:13 PM UTC

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Sorry, but this saying exists already in tatoeba - unfortunately even to times, here are the numbers:

457760

1030751

marcelostockle November 14, 2011 November 14, 2011 at 10:54:44 PM UTC

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I see,
I would link them, but my status HASN'T BEEN YET actualized to advanced contributor.

Dejo November 19, 2011 November 19, 2011 at 6:41:03 PM UTC

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In English I would say: "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched."

Proverbs call for equivalents, not word for word translations.

al_ex_an_der November 19, 2011 November 19, 2011 at 6:49:35 PM UTC

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"You are wellcome." :)

marcelostockle November 19, 2011 November 19, 2011 at 6:50:35 PM UTC

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that'd be better
specially cause apparently the original sentence is already in the database, so giving it a different form would be far much better

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #1216478No hay que vender la piel del oso antes de cazarlo..

Don't sell the bear's fur before hunting it.

added by marcelostockle, November 14, 2011

➜ #1216478No hay que vender la piel del oso antes de cazarlo.

linked by marcelostockle, November 14, 2011

Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

edited by marcelostockle, November 19, 2011

➜ #1216478No hay que vender la piel del oso antes de cazarlo.

unlinked by marcelostockle, November 19, 2011

➜ #325210Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

linked by CK, December 6, 2015

➜ #4820173

linked by duran, January 9, 2016

➜ #4820173

unlinked by Horus, January 9, 2016

➜ #1042383Dereyi görmeden paçaları sıvama.

linked by Horus, January 9, 2016

➜ #4844951Je moet het vel van de beer niet verkopen voor hij geschoten is.

linked by PaulP, January 20, 2016

➜ #5277108Non vendere la pelle dell'orso prima di averlo ucciso.

linked by Guybrush88, August 9, 2016

➜ #1224903Non dire gatto se non ce l'hai nel sacco.

linked by Guybrush88, August 9, 2016

➜ #5395874

linked by pititnatole, September 3, 2016

➜ #5395874

unlinked by Horus, September 3, 2016

➜ #1625058Il ne faut pas vendre la peau de l'ours avant de l'avoir tué.

linked by Horus, September 3, 2016

➜ #650509Цыплят по осени считают.

linked by Wezel, January 3, 2017

➜ #1659232Ur ḥesseb tiyaziḍin-nnek arma frurxent-d.