Is saying translated correctly?
In Russia there is the saying to say next. First a person must do something. After that he may say it is done. Is it correctly:
Don't say: "Gop!" have jumped. Gop means voilà, for example. Не говори:" Гоп!" пока не перепрыгнешь

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Is saying translated correctly?
In Russia there is the saying to say next. First a person must do something. After that he may say it is done. Is it correctly:
  Don't say: "Gop!" have jumped.  Gop means voilà, for example. Не говори:" Гоп!" пока не перепрыгнешь

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Natalya,

I don't think we have this exact saying in English.

My translation: Don't say "Jump!" until it's time to jump.

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We have some sayings that are close in meaning. Here are a few of them...I am sure that there are many more.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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Don't jump the gun.....This may be the closest.

Don't fall until you are pushed.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Don't cross a bridge before you come to it.

Basically the meaning is "do things in the right order or at the right time, not prematurely.

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Don't catch your chickens until they are hatched.

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The expression in English is "Don't COUNT your chickens until they've hatched"

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Maybe "Job done." or "Done and dusted."

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What do you mean by Gop?

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