Meaning of bird in the hand | Babel Free

Definitions

Ellipsis of a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Examples

“Cowboys picks are more miss than hit. Galloway is a relatively young guy, so what the hey. Bird in the hand, right?”

“Elly had ratcheted up the pressure with her threats of leaving early. I had no other bites on the ad. “Bird in the hand” and all that . . . . So much for negotiating.”

“‘Look on the bright side,’ he said when he’d finished. ‘At least we got five hundred quid. Bird in the hand, eh?’”

““Well, there is that, sir,” Harcourt replied after a moment to think that over. “Bird in the hand, and all that?””

“You're afraid of losing the customer. If I offer them this other product, they might stop buying that product for which they've come to me for years. Bird in the hand, right?”

“A little bit of cash now means more to the boys than the promise of a fortune who knows when. Bird in the hand, and all […]”

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