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:
- An ox is taken by the horns, and a man by the tongue
- If you run after two hares, you will catch neither
- To cook a hare before catching him
- It is a poor mouse that has only one hole
- He that will steal an egg will steal an ox
- All asses wag their ears
- It is good fishing in troubled waters
- An ass in a lion's skin
- As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb
- An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold
- The early bird catches the worm
- Every ass loves to hear himself bray
- Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl
- Hares may pull dead lions by the beard
- A close mouth catches no flies