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лучше одна птичка в руках, чем две в кустах 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 dove on the plate than a woodgrouse in the mating place; better a tomtit in your hand than a crane in the sky; better an egg today than a hen tomorrow; half a loaf is better than no bread
idiom.	sparrow in the hand is better than a cock on the roof (Yeldar Azanbayev); bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (Yeldar Azanbayev)
proverb	bird in the hand is worth two in the bush