Today, my friend sent me a picture of a beautiful bird that he found on his farm. It was a Eurasian hoopoe. Then, when I got home, there was a sparrow trapped in the stairwell. I had to open a window to let it out. So, of course I had to write about a bird … Read More
Proverbs
Don’t Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch is an English proverb about expectations. The phrase warns us against counting on something to happen. We shouldn’t take things for granted (expecting a certain result). The proverb is an allusion to a chicken farmer who expects all his eggs to hatch and become chickens. With natural incubation, … Read More