“Don’t count your chickens before they hatch”
定義
Don’t assume success before it happens.
例句
Examples
“Wait for confirmation — don’t count your chickens before they hatch.”
Use this idiom in context
Restore the missing expression using the meaning above. Keep the rest of the sentence unchanged.
Wait for confirmation — _____.Compare with the original example
Wait for confirmation — don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
Write a two-line conversation using “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionary常見問題
- What does "Don’t count your chickens before they hatch" mean?
- "Don’t count your chickens before they hatch" means don’t assume success before it happens.
- How do you use "Don’t count your chickens before they hatch" in a sentence?
- Example: "Wait for confirmation — don’t count your chickens before they hatch."
- Should I interpret "Don’t count your chickens before they hatch" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.