a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

短语

一鸟在手胜于十鸟在林

发音

AU

别名

a bird in the hand bird in the hand

释义与例句

prov.
  1. 1.

    A sure thing is preferable to the mere chance at something more.

    一鸟在手胜于十鸟在林

    It is more sykyr a bryd in youre fyste Than to have thre in the sky above

    May. No, but the Sides are going to be changed ; and Sir Harry is to be ſome very great Man ; and as ſoon as he is, I am to be made an Embaſſador of. Mrs. May. Made an Aſs of! Will you never learn of me, that a Bird in the Hand is worth two in the Buſh ?

词源

Calque of Latin plus valet in manibus avis unica quam dupla silvis (“a single bird in the hands is worth more than two in the forest”), possibly deriving from sources as old as the ancient Middle East, with the 6th century BCE Proverbs of Ahiqar including "a sparrow in thy hand is better than a thousand sparrows flying".

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