英语词汇“a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Proverb. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush and variants: used to indicate that something one already has should not be risked for the mere possibility of getting more of it: a smaller actual advantage is preferable to the theoretical chance of a larger one. Hence a bird in the hand: something one already possesses or has secured. Cf. bush n.¹ 1c. [Compare post-classical Latin plus valet in manibus avis unica quam dupla silvis one bird in the hands is worth more than two in the woods (13th cent.).]

For a bird in the hand is better than two in the wood: see wood n.¹ 5e.

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c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) ii. l. 250 It is more sekyr a byrd in your fest Than to haue three in þe sky a-bove.

?1545 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture sig. Ciii A byrde in hande is worth ten at large.

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 163 All their Capitulations were held to be Star-shootings, Flashes, and Meteors, without the Bird in the Hand.

1832 B. Disraeli Let. 9 Mar. (1982) I. 242 Till a more fortunate one can be discovered..I should not let go the bird in the hand, unless you were positive of the one in the bush.

1920 K. Harris Meet Mr. Stegg iv. 164 I'm a level-headed, cool-judgmented believer in the bird in the hand.

1948 G. Frost Flying Squad viii. 85 It wasn't a car linked with the shop-theft job that we were free-lancing for, but we thought a bird in the hand worth two in the bush, so we followed the car down the Hendon bypass and the Watford road.

2018 M. Obama Becoming viii. 95 I made good money at Sidley but was pragmatic enough to take a bird in the hand when it came to housing.

单词	a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
释义	> as lemmas a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush a. Proverb. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush and variants: used to indicate that something one already has should not be risked for the mere possibility of getting more of it: a smaller actual advantage is preferable to the theoretical chance of a larger one. Hence a bird in the hand: something one already possesses or has secured. Cf. bush n.¹ 1c. [Compare post-classical Latin plus valet in manibus avis unica quam dupla silvis one bird in the hands is worth more than two in the woods (13th cent.).] For a bird in the hand is better than two in the wood: see wood n.¹ 5e. ΚΠ c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) ii. l. 250 It is more sekyr a byrd in your fest Than to haue three in þe sky a-bove. ?1545 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture sig. Ciii A byrde in hande is worth ten at large. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 163 All their Capitulations were held to be Star-shootings, Flashes, and Meteors, without the Bird in the Hand. 1832 B. Disraeli Let. 9 Mar. (1982) I. 242 Till a more fortunate one can be discovered..I should not let go the bird in the hand, unless you were positive of the one in the bush. 1920 K. Harris Meet Mr. Stegg iv. 164 I'm a level-headed, cool-judgmented believer in the bird in the hand. 1948 G. Frost Flying Squad viii. 85 It wasn't a car linked with the shop-theft job that we were free-lancing for, but we thought a bird in the hand worth two in the bush, so we followed the car down the Hendon bypass and the Watford road. 2018 M. Obama Becoming viii. 95 I made good money at Sidley but was pragmatic enough to take a bird in the hand when it came to housing. extracted from birdn. < as lemmas
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