🇫🇷 French, taken literally
Vendre la peau de l'ours avant de l'avoir tué
Literally
to sell the bear's skin before having killed it
What it really means
to count one's chickens before they hatch
Keep the ones you liked. We will bring them back before you forget.
French, taken literally
Poser un lapinto place a rabbitQuand les poules auront des dentswhen hens will have teethEntre chien et loupbetween dog and wolfAvoir le cafardto have a cockroachArriver comme un chien dans un jeu de quillesto appear like a dog in a bowling alleyÊtre comme une poule qui a trouvé un couteauto be like a hen that found a knife