A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in the Bush——現實的

** what one already has is better than what one might get(已擁有的東西比可能得到的更好)

~~ 現實的；多得不如現得；穩操勝券的事；到手之物；已到手的東西；現實可得的東西

~~ a bird in hand // better an egg today than a hen tomorrow; a sparrow in the hand is better than the pigeon on the roof; better to have a little than nothing at all; if you run after two hares, you will catch neither; possession is nine points of the law

!! The proverb appeared in Aesop’s fable The Hawk and the Nightingale: The hawk had been hunting all day and finally caught a nightingale. "Pray let me go." said the nightingale. "I am such a mite for a stomach like yours. I sing so nicely too. Do let me go, it will do you good to hear me." The hawk replied: "Much good it will do to an empty belly, and besides, a little bird that I have is more to me than a great one that has yet to be caught."

這句諺語出現在《伊索寓言》“鷹和夜鶯”中：鷹整天都在打獵，終於抓到一隻夜鶯。“請讓我走吧”夜鶯說。“對於你的大胃口來說，我只是一隻小傢伙。我唱歌也很好聽，讓我走吧，聽我說話對你有好處。”鷹回答說：“這（夜鶯）對空肚來說有很多好處，而且對我來說，擁有一隻小鳥比一隻尚未捕獲的大鳥更重要。”

>> The husband wants to join an artificial intelligence (AI) startup, but his wife wants him to stay with the current company, saying a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

丈夫想加入一家人工智能創業公司，但他妻子要他留在現在的公司，她說要抓住現實的。

>> The first newly-opened chain store has been successful, and the owner wants to multiply it. With the economy slowing down, he should better remember having a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

第一家新開的連鎖店已取得成功，店主想要將其擴充。但隨着經濟放緩，他最好記住多得不如現得。

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