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:
- Every bird likes its own nest
- The evils we bring on ourselves are hardest to bear
- To fish in troubled waters
- He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet
- To kill two birds with one stone
- To put (set) the cart before the horse
- The mountain has brought forth a mouse
- As the old cock crows, so does the young
- A bird may be known by its song
- A fox is not taken twice in the same snare
- When the fox preaches, take care of your geese
- Every ass loves to hear himself bray
- A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf
- If the sky falls, we shall catch larks
- Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free