Idiom: Don't count your chickens before they are hatched

[Suliko]

Test No. incompl/inter-14 "Popular Idioms (1)", question 4

Don't count your chickens before they are ..........

(a) born
(b) fed
(c) hatched
(d) stolen

Test No. incompl/inter-14 "Popular Idioms (1)", answer 4

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

Correct answer: (c) hatched

Your answer was: incorrect
Don't count your chickens before they are born.
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Hi, why the idiom use the word hatched?

Suliko

[Alan]

Here hatch means when the baby chicks come out of their shells.
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[jenny]

What's the meaning?

[Alan]

Hi Jenny,

This expression means don't assume everything will be all right before it finally happens. For example: Wait for the result of your exams before you assume that you have passed them.

Alan
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[Torsten]

Hi Jan, that's an interesting interpretation of the idiom. By the way, you probably mean that the chickens are ready to be counted? After all, chickens wouldn't pass a maths test, would they?
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