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
- A curst cow has short horns
- An ox is taken by the horns, and a man by the tongue
- Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl
- A shy cat makes a proud mouse
- One beats the bush, and another catches the bird
- Catch the bear before you sell his skin
- Many a good cow has a bad calf
- A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- A bird may be known by its song
- An ass in a lion's skin
- Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot
- An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold
- The best fish smell when they are three days old