🤖 Literally, in English
“Chicks are counted in the autumn.”
Курчат по осені рахують. Kurchat po oseni rakhuyut
🤨 What does it ACTUALLY mean? →
🇬🇧 What you'd actually say
“Let's see how it turns out first.”
also: “Wait until it's actually done.” · “Don't celebrate too early.”
- 📖 Meaning
- Don't judge a result until the whole thing is finished.
- 💡 Why it's funny
- English counts chickens before they hatch; Ukrainian counts them in autumn. Same farmyard, different calendar.
- 🧭 Closest English idiom
- “Don't count your chickens before they hatch.”
- 📝 Explanation
- Said to someone who is already celebrating profits, grades or results that are not final yet.
- 🏛 Cultural context
- Refers to the farming year: chicks hatched in spring were only counted after the summer, once it was clear how many had survived.
🧠 Learn
- turn out (phrase) — to end or develop in a particular way — вийти, скластися “Let's see how the project turns out.”
- premature (adjective) — happening too early — передчасний “The celebration was a bit premature.”
🗣 In context
Ще нічого не підписано. Курчат по осені рахують.
Nothing is signed yet. Let's see how it turns out first.
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