> there's a Russian proverb saying "Don't divide the skin of a bear you haven't killed yet" I believe the English one is "don't count your chickens before they

> there's a Russian proverb saying "Don't divide the skin of a bear you haven't killed yet" I believe the English one is "don't count your chickens before they've hatched" (i.e. don't count unhatched eggs). My local one is about the same, but more graphical: "don't count on the egg in the chicken's ass" ;-) (Yes, I do have a weakness for proverbs.)