Don’t Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch

July 20, 2021By Tim SchilstraPhrases, Proverbs

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch is an English proverb about expectations.  The phrase warns us against counting on something to happen.  We shouldn’t take things for granted (expecting a certain result).  The proverb is an allusion to a chicken farmer who expects all his eggs to hatch and become chickens.  With natural incubation, … Read More