Question

Choose the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase from the given options.
Don’t count your chickens before the eggs have hatched.
a)If you are not good at something, better to avoid that
b)Don’t make plans for something that might not happen
c)Not to come up to expectation
d)Don’t pull all your resources in one possibility

Answer 1

Hint: An idiom is a phrase or a group of words that have a different meaning from the literal meaning of its words.

Complete step-by-step answer:

 Don’t count your chickens before the eggs have hatched means to keep your focus away from something that is yet to happen. This idiom dates back to 600 BC and thereafter, it was used in the Aesop’s fables.
Example- You might get the job, but don’t count your chickens before the eggs have hatched. Here, we can understand that X is being advised not to depend on something that is yet to happen.
Let’s look at the given options:
a)If you are not good at something, better to avoid that- It has a different meaning from the given idiom. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
b)Don’t make plans for something that might not happen- It has the same meaning as the given idiom. Hence, it is the correct option.
c)Not to come up to expectation- It has a different meaning from the given idiom. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
d)Don’t pull all your resources in one possibility- It has a different meaning from the given idiom. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
The correct answer is Option ‘b’.

Note: It's not necessary that all the eggs laid by a hen will hatch into chicks, Similarly one’s aspirations and hopes do not shape up. So, here we can see an analogy between the literal meaning and the figurative meaning of the words.