eggcorn versus malaprop
    Bapopik at AOL.COM 
    Bapopik at AOL.COM
       
    Wed Feb  1 23:29:47 UTC 2006
    
    
  
Angie and I are renovating our kitchen and bathroom before inviting wedding
guests over. The management company requires a $2,500 deposit, then a $400
fee,  and then there are the costs for a new toilet, bathroom sink, refrigerator,
 dishwasher, stove, kitchen cabinets... I said that I'm glad we'll soon be
over  with all this. She said:
...
"Don't count your eggs before they're hatched."
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