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:
- Honey is not for the ass's mouth
- Neither fish nor flesh
- An ox is taken by the horns, and a man by the tongue
- Little pigeons can carry great messages
- When the fox preaches, take care of your geese
- One scabby sheep will mar a whole flock
- To fish in troubled waters
- Don't sell the bear's skin before you've caught it
- A shy cat makes a proud mouse
- Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl
- To put (set) the cart before the horse
- Never offer to teach fish to swim
- To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest
- To buy a pig in a poke