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:
- A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf
- That's a horse of another colour
- As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb
- If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow
- One scabby sheep will mar a whole flock
- Fish and company stink in three days
- Fish begins to stink at the head
- When pigs fly
- If the sky falls, we shall catch larks
- Never fry a fish till it's caught
- An ass loaded with gold climbs to the top of the castle
- One beats the bush, and another catches the bird
- The best fish swim near the bottom
- Give never the wolf the wether to keep
- To kill two birds with one stone