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单词 a bird in the hand is better than two in the wood
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a bird in the hand is better than two in the wood
e. a bird in the hand is better than two in the wood (and similar phrases; now usually with substitution of bush, bush n.1 1c): a smaller actual advantage is preferable to the mere chance of a larger one.
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1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Div Better one byrde in hande than ten in the wood.
a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 128 A birde in hond is better than thre in the wode.
1621 T. Granger Familiar Expos. Eccles. xi. 5. 297 A bird in the hand is far better then two in the wood.
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