Question

Choose the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase from the given options.
Don't count your chickens before the eggs have hatched

• A. If you are not good at something, better to avoid that
• B. Don't make plans for something that might not happen
• C. Not to come up to expectation
• D. Don't pull all your resources in one possibility

Answer 1

The correct option is B Don't make plans for something that might not happen

An idiom is a phrase or group of words in a fixed order that have a particular meaning which is different from the meaning of the words on their own.

'Don't count your chickens before the eggs have hatched' is an idiom which means don’t make plans based on a good thing happening before it has actually happened or don’t expect all your hopes to come true. Hence option B is the correct answer. This is a very old phrase and is believed to have existed in many forms and in different cultures. It is also seen in a tale in the Aesop’s fables, which originated in the 600 - 550 BC.

Options A, C and D are incorrect because they are not the correct meanings of the idiom.