Idiomatically - Idioms translated across languages and countries

Spanish

Pronunciation

mas vale pajaro en mano que ciento volando

Literal Translation

a bird in the hand is worth more than one hundred in flight

Equivalents

This is how you express this idiom across languages and locales.

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English
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
English
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
French
un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras
a here-you-go is worth more than two you-can-have-it-laters
Greek
Κάλλιο πέντε και στο χέρι παρά δέκα και καρτέρι
It's better to have five in the hand than to wait for ten
Russian
Лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе
A tomtit in the hand is better than crane in the sky