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"Na zadnjoj štengi se penjezi broje"

English translation: It ain\'t over till the fat lady sings

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Croatian term or phrase:\"Na zadnjoj štengi se penjezi broje\"
English translation:It ain\'t over till the fat lady sings
Entered by: Mark Daniels

07:54 Feb 3, 2011
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Croatian term or phrase: "Na zadnjoj štengi se penjezi broje"
Ovaj izraz mogu samo da nađem na netu upravo u članku gde sam ga pročitao, pa mi treba pomoć oko smisla. (štenga i penjezi znam šta su :)).

Nagađam da je smisao nešto poput, "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched" ILI "nemoj brojati pare pred svima nego se sakrijte negde". Ako se radi o ovom drugom ili nečem trećem, onda ima li neko ideju za sličan idiom na engleskom?

Hvala.
Mark Daniels
Local time: 09:53
It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings
Explanation:
Homeru Simpsonu u čast
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Tomislav Patarčić
Croatia
Local time: 09:53
Grading comment
Hey, I like it :) I didn't use it in the end because the 'counting your chickens' was more appropriate just because the context was about money, but I would definitely use this too in the right context! Actually, the meanings are slightly different, thinking about it, but a similar idea.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
\\\"Na zadnjoj štengi se penjezi broje\\\"
It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings


Explanation:
Homeru Simpsonu u čast


    Reference: http://goo.gl/AOwgb
Tomislav Patarčić
Croatia
Local time: 09:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in CroatianCroatian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Hey, I like it :) I didn't use it in the end because the 'counting your chickens' was more appropriate just because the context was about money, but I would definitely use this too in the right context! Actually, the meanings are slightly different, thinking about it, but a similar idea.

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agree  bonafide1313: Bravissimo! hoćemo bis :)))
4 hrs
  -> ne pretjerivati, molim :)
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