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hatch

See: COUNT ONE'S CHICKENS BEFORE THEY ARE HATCHED.

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count one's chickens before theyre hatched

[count one's chickens before they're hatched] {v. phr.}, {informal} To depend on getting a profit or gain before you have it; make plans that suppose something will happen; be too […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

down the hatch!

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chicken

[chicken] See: [COUNT ONE'S CHICKENS BEFORE THEY ARE HATCHED], [GO TO BED WITH THE CHICKENS], [SPRING CHICKEN]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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