Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

don't count your chickens before the eggs have hatched

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables
don't -coun-t y-our chick-en-s be-fore the eg-gs have hatched
IPA
87
Scrabble Score
45
Letters
8
Syllables
18
Unique Chars

Meaning

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What does don't count your chickens before the eggs have hatched mean?
Alternative form of don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

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