Definition of a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
- something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
by WalterGR, Aug 11 2009.
Slang terms with the same root words:
- bush: beat around the bush – bush – (show 2 more)
- bird: bird – bird-brain – (show 6 more)
- is: around the corner where fudge is made – blood is thicker than water. – (show 11 more)
- hand: bite the hand that feeds (one) – get (one's) hand stuck in the cookie jar – (show 11 more)
- two: Aztec two step – go number two – (show 23 more)
- in: a blessing in disguise – ace in the hole – (show 194 more)
- a: 12 points short of a pica – a – (show 530 more)
- the: 3 sheets to the wind – 411, the – (show 871 more)
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