älä nylje karhua ennen kuin se on kaadettu

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Finnish

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Etymology

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älä (don't) nylje (skin) karhua (a bear) ennen kuin (before) se (it) on kaadettu (has been killed); a similar proverb referring to a bear and its skin exists at least in Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Russian, Polish, Dutch, Hungarian, French and Spanish

Proverb

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älä nylje karhua ennen kuin se on kaadettu

  1. don't count your chickens before they're hatched (you should not count on something before it happens)