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:
- Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark
- An ox is taken by the horns, and a man by the tongue
- Hares may pull dead lions by the beard
- To put (set) the cart before the horse
- Every ass loves to hear himself bray
- Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse
- A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf
- He that will steal an egg will steal an ox
- The camel going to seek horns lost his ears
- To set the wolf to keep the sheep
- Many a good cow has a bad calf
- If the sky falls, we shall catch larks
- Never fry a fish till it's caught
- He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet
- First catch your hare