- Literally
- No buffalo at home, and making a fuss about buttermilk.
- What it means
- Counting on something before it has actually been acquired.
- The English proverb Shah set beside it
- Do not count upon a thing until you get it.Count not upon chickens before they are hatched.Call not a surgeon before you are wounded.
Also said as
- વિવાહ પહેલાં માંડવશોર.
- પરણ્યા પહેલાં જીવારું.
- પરણ્યા પહેલાં અધરણી.
- મુવા મોર ઘેર ખોદવી.
- મુવા મોર મેકાણુ.
- તાવડી તાના કરે, બાજરી બજારમાં.
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