I believe it's being said wrong. The phrase is "don't count your eggs until they are hatched". The point of the phrase being:
Example: If you have 10 eggs that you are waiting on to hatch, you actually would have to wait until they have hatched to count how many chicks you have. The reason being, what if some of those eggs didn't hatch at all? You'd have less chicks than the eggs you counted, and you would have a different result.
So, to apply this to life in another example, when someone says that phrase, it's usually meant toward a plan you may have. For example, say you just got a new job and you expect to work 40 hours a week for X number of dollars. You go get an apartment for 1/2 your pay amount each month, get a new car for 1/4 of your pay each month, and you continue to plan your life based on what you think will happen (you will be making X amount each month). This would be an example of "counting your eggs before they are hatched" because you have planned all of these different things before you knew for certain what you would be earning each week to pay for your new car and nice apartment. Then, once you start working, you realize that you only work 20 hours per week and can't afford the things you have already gotten. Does that make sense?
The moral of the story: don't count on any outcome to any situation until it has been seen though to the end because there are many things that can change. You might plan to leave for school in the morning at 7:00 because you want to get there early to finish your essay before class. But then you hit snooze on your alarm clock, wake up late, rush to school, and never get the time to finish your essay. It't just about making plans, but being mindful that plans can change, so don't count on a particular outcome until everything is done.
If whoever said this actually meant "boobies" then I can't help you and you will have to ask them personally.
"Don't count your boobies until they are hatched": from the American expression "Don't count your chickens before they are hatched", meaning "Don't count on things to turn out exactly as you planned them."
This maybe a bit late but Don t count your boobies until they are hatched is from a short fable The Unicorn in the Garden by james thurber and indeed it does come from don t count your chickens until they re hatched and the author has changed it to boobies to add a humorous effect.
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I believe it's being said wrong. The phrase is "don't count your eggs until they are hatched". The point of the phrase being:
Example: If you have 10 eggs that you are waiting on to hatch, you actually would have to wait until they have hatched to count how many chicks you have. The reason being, what if some of those eggs didn't hatch at all? You'd have less chicks than the eggs you counted, and you would have a different result.
So, to apply this to life in another example, when someone says that phrase, it's usually meant toward a plan you may have. For example, say you just got a new job and you expect to work 40 hours a week for X number of dollars. You go get an apartment for 1/2 your pay amount each month, get a new car for 1/4 of your pay each month, and you continue to plan your life based on what you think will happen (you will be making X amount each month). This would be an example of "counting your eggs before they are hatched" because you have planned all of these different things before you knew for certain what you would be earning each week to pay for your new car and nice apartment. Then, once you start working, you realize that you only work 20 hours per week and can't afford the things you have already gotten. Does that make sense?
The moral of the story: don't count on any outcome to any situation until it has been seen though to the end because there are many things that can change. You might plan to leave for school in the morning at 7:00 because you want to get there early to finish your essay before class. But then you hit snooze on your alarm clock, wake up late, rush to school, and never get the time to finish your essay. It't just about making plans, but being mindful that plans can change, so don't count on a particular outcome until everything is done.
If whoever said this actually meant "boobies" then I can't help you and you will have to ask them personally.
Hope that helps!
"Don't count your boobies until they are hatched": from the American expression "Don't count your chickens before they are hatched", meaning "Don't count on things to turn out exactly as you planned them."
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similar to don't count your chickens before they're hatched ..boobies are birds too, ie don't assume anything until you definitely know the outcome
This maybe a bit late but Don t count your boobies until they are hatched is from a short fable The Unicorn in the Garden by james thurber and indeed it does come from don t count your chickens until they re hatched and the author has changed it to boobies to add a humorous effect.