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025 话别说得太早;不要打如意算盘
Don't count your chickens(before they are hatched)

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. The result of the examination has not come out.

话别说得太早,考试结果还没出来呢。

历史典故

这个说法最早来源于《伊索寓言》(Aesop's Fables)。有个女孩拿了一桶牛奶去集市卖,她想着先把牛奶做成奶油,这样可以多卖一点钱买鸡蛋,买完鸡蛋就可以孵化小鸡,然后把小鸡卖了买新衣服。结果她把牛奶打翻了,于是她妈妈就对她说了这句话,就是话不要说太早的意思。

对话

Kevin:What are you laughing for?你在笑什么啊?

Rose:Every time I think that I will win the Nobel Prize of Economy, I can't help laughing.

每次我想到我将会获诺贝尔经济学奖,我就忍不住想笑。

Kevin:Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

话不要说得太早啊。

Rose:Why?I have much confidence of myself.

为什么?我对自己很有信心。 G5i6IxdmDxIxx8PI3HjSNgDzQrrU+L0DSLRSBYffTBxFc68kg8oUBfW6qfMa6v0J

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