цыплят по осени считают

Russian

Etymology

Literally, “they count chicks in autumn”, or more loosely translated as “one should count one's chicks in autumn[, not before]”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨˈplʲat pɐ‿ˈosʲɪnʲɪ ɕːɪˈtajʊt]
  • Audio:(file)

Proverb

цыпля́т по о́сени счита́ют • (cyplját po óseni sčitájut)

  1. don't count your chickens before they're hatched
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.