百里を行く者は九十を半ばとす
ひゃくりをゆくものはくじゅうをなかばとすhyakurioyukumonohakujuuonakabatosu
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- don't count your chickens before they're hatched
- there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
- consider a journey of 100 ri to be halfway completed at 90
ひゃくりをゆくものはくじゅうをなかばとすhyakurioyukumonohakujuuonakabatosu
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