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:
- If you run after two hares, you will catch neither
- A curst cow has short horns
- It is a good horse that never stumbles
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- The end crowns the work
- A bird may be known by its song
- First catch your hare
- When pigs fly
- A fox is not taken twice in the same snare
- Every ass loves to hear himself bray
- One beats the bush, and another catches the bird
- A wolf in sheep's clothing
- He that will steal an egg will steal an ox
- Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse
- The cat would eat fish and would not wet her paws