A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Лучше одна птичка в руках, чем две в кустах.
Синица в руках - лучше соловья в лесу. Не сули журавля в небе, а дай синицу в руки. Ближняя соломка лучше дальнего сенца. Лучше воробей в руке, чем петух на кровле.
Другие пословицы:
- Hares may pull dead lions by the beard
- As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb
- To eat the calf in the cow's belly
- The mountain has brought forth a mouse
- Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot
- A shy cat makes a proud mouse
- You cannot flay the same ox twice
- Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free
- When pigs fly
- Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail
- Dogs that put up many hares kill none
- If the sky falls, we shall catch larks
- It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest
- To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow