is this a silly quote?

Question

have you ever heard the quote "dont count your chicks before they hatch"?

what a silly quote, if they havent hatched they're still egg's, if they have hatched they're chicks, whats the problem. lol


what other quotes do you know that dont work out right?

thanks for all your answers, i do understand what the quote means, but due to some chicks being stillborn you dont get the same amount of live chicks to eggs (i know that), what im saying is, why do people say "dont count your chickens before they hatch", how do you count something if its not there yet, thats why it dont work. you can count your chicks after or eggs before, not other way round. lol

thanks to everyone who answered, like the one about granny sucking eggs, sadly i dont know answer to that one? anyone?

Answer 1

lol!

i love the question. i love the answer. i love the fact that you took the time to ask and to notice.
It is a bit silly i guess.

but it means the chickens whilst they are still not hatched. whilst they are still in the eggs.
it means dont believe in getting all the goodness or fortune before you have evidence that you will.

i think its a bit silly to.
but then most things come from silly origins.
when you take the time to look some of the most famous inventors, doctors. etc. were in fact silly.

every quote works in its own way with its own people. i am of mixed race. but often my parents dont get each others jokes. because they have different humour.
i have to admit i dont know how many times i had to soothe there hurt. lol.
strange though, how things work. i got both there jokes.
lol

well gotta go. loved talking.
Cya

Answer 2

It's not a silly quote at all.
You may have 10 eggs and therefore assume you will have 10 chicks when they have hatched. What if only 6 of those eggs are fertilised? Only 6, at most, will hatch. What if some of the chicks died before hatching?
It is a moral, telling you that you should not make assumptions based on things you do not yet know.

Answer 3

Actually, and this is just me being anal, the point of that quote, "Don't count your chickens before they hatch" means, don't spend money you haven't received. We've all spent money we haven't received.

How many times have you written a check on Friday, knowing that pay day is on Saturday?

That's what the quote means. Sometimes, the chicks die before they're hatched, so, if the hen lays 10 eggs, that doesn't necessarily mean you're going to have 10 new chicks. You could only get six.

Get it?

Answer 4

A chicken can lay eggs, even if there is no rooster around. If there is a rooster around, some or all of the eggs may be fertilized, therefore a chick would be within the shell. Not just an egg.

But you can't tell just by looking at the egg. Nope. Not until they hatch open. And if they're just eggs.....they don't hatch open.lol.

Answer 5

Its not a silly quote and does not take much working out.

Lets take an example: your a salesman, paid monthly. first week of the new month you sell a heap of gear and earn a fortune in commission to be paid at the end of the month. Ok you say, I have done well I'll go out on the town and spend some cash on enjoying myself as reward for working so hard, put it on the credit card and pay it striahgt off at the end of teh month. Come week three most of the customers cancel their orders for what ever reason and you have lost the commission but are still faced with the credit card bill.

You counted the commission as being yours before it was actually in your bank account

Answer 6

The quote is "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched." The idea here is not to pin your hopes or govern your behavior on something which needs to be finished first. An example: borrowing money to buy more supplies for your product before your current inventory of product has been sold. Another version of this saying is "Don't take risks". Of course, business doesn't operate that way, and neither does life. These sayings are seldom valid 100% of the time, and seldom meant literally.

Answer 7

chickens are there for a lifetime giveing eggs an egg is gone in a breakfast the quote meens dont set your self up for a fall by being to optamistic wait and see take it as it comes ....and i no thats good advice not so silly

Answer 8

Don't get your hopes up about anything - believe it when it happens.

Don't count your chickens until they are hatched. Is the quote..

Answer 9

Chocolate velvet Hidden dusk Mysterious bench in a park Dripping honeycombs Burning amber Iridescence Wow those words purely popped into my head - i love them. i imagine those might want to operate extremely solid idea. solid success!

Answer 10

Actually, it makes perfect sense. It means don't make plans for something until it's reality. Don't depend on there being chickens until they have come out of the shell.