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лучше голубь на тарелке, чем тетерев на току stresses
gen.	a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; a sparrow in the hand is better than a cock on the roof; any port in a storm; better a tomtit in your hand than a crane in the sky; half a loaf is better than no bread
idiom.	bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (Yeldar Azanbayev); better an egg today than a hen tomorrow (Yeldar Azanbayev); better a dove on the plate than a woodgrouse in the mating place (Yeldar Azanbayev)