ДЕЛИТЬ ШКУРУ НЕУБИТОГО МЕДВЕДЯ

[d'elit' shkuru n'eubitovo m'edv'ed'a]

To divide the skin of an unkilled bear.

To anticipate too confidently the possession of something that one may never receive; to make plans which depend on events that may not happen.

Cf. To count one's chickens before they are hatched; to sell the bear's skin before one has caught the bear.