Languagle #17: English
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
What it means
On the value of the certain over the merely possible. Attested in John Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress' (1678).
What kind of saying it is
Oral tradition. Passed down by word of mouth. Sayings like this have no single author.
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