ne igyál előre a medve bőrére

Hungarian

Etymology

Literally: "do not drink (i.e. rejoice) in advance on the hide of a bear (still at large)"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛjiɟaːl ˈɛløːrɛ ɒ ˈmɛdvɛ ˈbøːreːrɛ]

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Proverb

ne igyál előre a medve bőrére

1. don't count your chickens before they're hatched

Further reading

• Paczolay, Gyula: 750 Hungarian Proverbs. Veszprém: Veszprémi Nyomda. 1991. →ISBN