A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

[Riddley Walker]

Birds often hide in bushes but its better to hold a bird in your hand than inside the bush. I guess is the message here. I'm not sure how you catch birds by grabbing them, but at least they are not in the bushes anymore, they are in the safety and comfort of your hand.

[krag hag]

Idk man if I were a bird rn I'd definitely be hanging out in a bush

[Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍]

Pretty sure it's a parable about how it's better to take a sure thing over risking coming away empty handed.

And those birds are not safe, as it relates to hunting. They are on the menu.

[Devsman]

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

But how much is the bush worth? If a bush is worth as much as a bird, then you should take the twofer deal anyway. So what if one of em flies away when you try to grab em, the bush makes up for it.

Then again, how much is a hand worth? Do you even count it? Chances are you're not gonna sell your hand, but if you're trying to sell two birds in a bush, selling the bush would probably be the easiest way to go about it.

If one of the bush birds flew away, and you took a picture of the bush birds and the hand bird, would the hand bird picture be worth 2000 words, or would the bush bird picture be worth 500?

[KZ_Understanding_the_Rain_000]

I prefer the saying, "Get two birds stoned at once."

[Devsman]

JuanChrónique a écrit :

I prefer the saying, "Get two birds stoned at once."

The early bird gets the worm
But the second mouse gets the cheese
Besides, cheese is better than a worm anyway
Hell, maybe later some birdwatchers come by and throw out some birdseed, and guess what, that early bird is full from eating nasty-ass worm while the late birds all chow down.

[Riddley Walker]

OK, so if I throw a stone at 2 birds who are in the bush, one of them is early but has no worm, I hit only one of them, and I take a picture of that bush... am I doing OK or bad?

P.S. besides the fact that I'm a psychopath who goes murdering birds with stones.

[Q-T_3.14.exe]

https://youtu.be/gCKjctTWIsw

[skOsH♥]

Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍 a écrit :

Pretty sure it's a parable about how it's better to take a sure thing over risking coming away empty handed

^

[Candyy]

I had a raven on my hand

Like just gave it food everytime it appeared v:

[Your_White_Knight]

Riddley Walker a écrit :

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Birds often hide in bushes but its better to hold a bird in your hand than inside the bush. I guess is the message here. I'm not sure how you catch birds by grabbing them, but at least they are not in the bushes anymore, they are in the safety and comfort of your hand.

It means be happy with what you have don't worry about what you don't ( and possibly couldn't ) have.

In other words... don't be greedy.

[Irene ❤]

Hahaha
yes it's definitely better that you put your bird in your hand than to randomly put it in 2 bushes