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    What it means

    Literally “don’t say ‘hop’ until you’ve jumped over.” Means don’t boast about success until the task is actually finished. “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.”

    Vocabulary

    • hop — hop/jump (exclamation)
    • przeskoczyć — to jump over

    Grammar note

    Uses 'póki' (until/while) followed by a negated perfective verb.

    Intermediate

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