| 单词 | a bird in the hand is better than two in the wood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa 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. ΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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