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:
- One beats the bush, and another catches the bird
- All is fish that comes to his net
- It is a poor mouse that has only one hole
- To fish in troubled waters
- To put (set) the cart before the horse
- It is good fishing in troubled waters
- That's a horse of another colour
- Never fry a fish till it's caught
- Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free
- To give a lark to catch a kite
- If an ass (donkey) bray at you, don't bray at him
- If the sky falls, we shall catch larks
- A close mouth catches no flies
- Neither fish nor flesh
- A bird may be known by its song