Counting chickens in the basket
(A selection from David Tuggy’s blooper collection)

• They put all their ducks in one basket
     (See also riffs on duck eggs in the road)

• We can put all our marbles in one basket and give it all we’ve got

• Don’t count all your chickens in one basket

• Don’t count your pennies on that chicken

• Don’t count your chickens before they’re laid

• No sense counting all your eggs before they hatch in one basket

• Don’t count the eggs in your basket

• You don’t want to kill two birds with one basket

• Don’t count your kitchens before they hatch

• Don’t count your pennies before they hatch

• I wouldn’t count my pennies on that chicken!

• Don’t put all your chickens in one hatch

• Don’t count your chickens in the bush

• A bird in the bush is worth two in the hand

• A bird in the hand is better than two in the house

• A bird in the hand is worth two in the foot

• A bird in the hand saves nine

• A rolling stone is worth two in the bush

• A hand in the sparrow is better than two in the bush