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bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

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bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Prov. Having something for certain is better than the possibility of getting something better. I might get a better offer, but a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Bill has offered to buy my car for $3,000 cash. Someone else might pay more, but a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
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adding that having considered the lilies of the field who toil not neither do they spin, and realising that tomorrow is another day and that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, he has decided henceforward to live for the moment, sufficient unto the day being the evil thereof.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," "When the cat's away, the mice will play.
If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, what will four birds in a pocket and three in a fanny pack bring?
 
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