Languagle #18: Hungarian
Jobb ma egy veréb, mint holnap egy túzok
"Better a sparrow today than a great bustard tomorrow."
What it means
The Hungarian version of 'a bird in the hand'. With a bustard, a bird of the Hungarian plains.
What kind of saying it is
Oral tradition. In Hungarian, a közmondás. Passed down by word of mouth. Sayings like this have no single author.
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