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Literature | Bird in the hand A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Possession is better than expectation. Italian: "E meglio aver oggi un novo, che dimani una gallina." French: "Il vaut mieux avoir l'oeuf aujourd'hui, que la poule demain" (Turkish). "Un tien vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras." "Un sou, quand il est assuré, vaut mieux que cinq en espérance." German: "Ein vogel in der hand ist besser als zehen über land." "Besser ein spatz in der hand, als ein storch auf dem dache." Latin: "Ego spem pretio non emam." English: "A pound in the purse is worth two in the book." On the other side we have: "Qui ne s'aventure, n'a ni cheval ni mule." "Nothing venture, nothing have." "Give a sprat to catch a mackerel." "Chi non s'arrischia, non guadagna." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: BIRD IN THE HAND |
| Specialty definitions using "BIRD IN THE HAND": saw. (references) |
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Screenplays | A bird in the hand is always greener than the grass under the other guy's bushes. (North; writing credit: Alan Zweibel) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Bird in the Hand (1929) | |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SAW, n. A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old saws fitted with new teeth. A penny saved is a penny to squander. A man is known by the company that he organizes. A bad workman quarrels with the man who calls him that. A bird in the hand is worth what it will bring. Better late than before anybody has invited you. Example is better than following it. Half a loaf is better than a whole one if there is much else. Think twice before you speak to a friend in need. What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it. Least said is soonest disavowed. He laughs best who laughs least. Speak of the Devil and he will hear about it. Of two evils choose to be the least. Strike while your employer has a big contract. Where there's a will there's a won't. |
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Expressions using "BIRD IN THE HAND": a bird in the hand is worth two in the bus ♦ a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "BIRD IN THE HAND"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Romanian | nu da vrabia din mânã pentru cioara de pe gard (a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush), nu da vrabia din mânã pe cioara de pe gard (a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush). (various references) | |
Spanish | más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando (a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush). (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-d-e-h-h-i-i-n-n-r-t" | |
-3 letters: behindhand. | |
-4 letters: adhibited, hindbrain, inebriant, inhabited, inhabiter, reinhabit, thirdhand. | |
-5 letters: antherid, brandied, daintier, diatribe, endbrain, nitrided, triennia. | |
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| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Expressions 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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