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  What it means

  “Don’t say ‘hop’ until you’ve jumped.” Don’t celebrate or boast before you’ve actually succeeded. Count your chickens only after they’ve hatched.

  English equivalent

  Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

  Vocabulary

  • mówić — to say, to speak
  • hop — hop! (exclamation used when jumping)
  • póki — until, as long as
  • przeskoczyć — to jump over, to leap

  Grammar note

  'Nie mów' is the negative imperative of 'mówić'. 'Póki nie przeskoczysz' uses the perfective future ('przeskoczysz') after 'póki nie'.

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