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Definition of count (one's) chickens before they hatch
count (one's) chickens before they hatch
verb
- to become extremely hopeful about a future occurrence.
Counting your chickens before they hatch is never a good idea.
Last edited on Dec 13 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'before': | |
| Definitions include: before. | |
| Definitions include: soon. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit into a toilet. | |
| Definitions include: "stick by your male friends over a female." | |
Other terms relating to 'chicken': | |
| Definitions include: to be okay; not a big concern. | |
| Definitions include: a vocal representation of bass riffs made popular in 1970's funk, and subsequently associated with porn from the same era. | |
| Definitions include: a coward. | |
| Definitions include: a redneck or bigot. | |
| Definitions include: masturbator. | |
| Definitions include: scared or cowardly | |
| Definitions include: a gay male who prefers young gay men. | |
| Definitions include: a female who performs fellatio frequently. | |
| Definitions include: a manipulative female. | |
| Definitions include: to not go through with a plan because of fear. | |
| Definitions include: feeble. | |
| Definitions include: an expression that precedes a phone call to an Asian drug dealer. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate. | |
| Definitions include: an imaginary animal that is ugly, skinny, and female. | |
Other terms relating to 'count': | |
| Definitions include: to stare at breasts, usually in cold weather. | |
| Definitions include: a person involved in the finances of an organization - e.g. an accountant. | |
| Definitions include: a personal trainer who does not know what they are doing or isn't very good. | |
| Definitions include: in the groin. | |
Other terms relating to 'hatch': | |
| Definitions include: to prepare for hardship. | |
| Definitions include: down the hatch, i.e. down one's throat. | |
| Definitions include: see the hatch. | |
| Definitions include: throat. | |
Other terms relating to 'they': | |
| Definitions include: the bigger a person's or organization's stature, the larger their failure will be. | |
| Definitions include: "their". | |
| Definitions include: A greeting.( Hey, what's up). | |
| Definitions include: what's up? hi how are you doing | |
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