What does it mean when someone says "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"?
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Having one thing guaranteed (in your hand), is worth more than hoping you might get more things that you don't have yet.
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It means that you've succeeded ZERO times out of a total of TWO tries, at something.\n\nLike if a sports team has won 1 game out of 6, then they are 1 for 6. Does that help?
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I've always thought it meant "very common,inexpensive and or plentiful".  \nFor example:  In the summertime sunglasses are a dime a dozen.  \nMeaning: they are in every store and you can get them cheap because it's summer.
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That quote should be used sparingly and not as a mantra.  If you have a pet bird that you love, set it free... and see how long it takes before it's gone and dies outside because it didn't know how to live in the wild.  Many more examples if that isn't good enough.  \n\nAnyway, if you think you made a mistake then try to correct it.  How?  You're going to have to talk to the person, no way around it.  Explain what you were thinking or feeling at the time, and why you think it was a mistake.  Then ask if they're willing to give the relationship another chance.
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A little bird told him so.
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I used to think it was a reference to something very common in life, like the birds and the bees are in nature. It was a kind of twisted reference to something so plain and commonplace, in a satirical way. But this question coming up here made me look around. I think the following article gives a plausible explanation.\n\nhttp://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bir1.htm
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I don't know. It's in the "bushisms" book, available at your local library (they really do have it). Then you can read the quote in context. You will better understand the quote when you better understand what he 'meant to say'. Oh well, he's got two more years to work on making a comprehensible sentance.
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I have a dictionary of quotations and did a search on the web.  Although I found a song by that title, I think the saying has to do with the elaborate mating rituals of birds.  They have evolved plumage and rituals that are associated with finding a mate.  Perhaps spending time on these sorts of things is "for the birds"?
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KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE - "Achieve two objectives with a single effort. It would be remarkable indeed if someone slinging a stone at a bird got one bird, let alone two. Ovid had a similar expression in Latin nearly 2,000 years ago. Related phrases were in English and French literature by the 16th century. Thomas Hobbes used the modern version in a work on liberty in 1656: 'T. H. thinks to kill two birds with one stone, and satisfy two arguments with one answer.'" "Dictionary of Cliches" by James Rogers (Wings Books, Originally New York: Facts on File Publications, 1985).
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I am taken. \nIt seems to  mean, I am not free, I have a lover. The speaker is female.
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I'D HAVE TO SAY I DON'T WANT ANYMORE BUSH'S WITH BIRDS IN HAND OR IN THE BUSH BUT I WOULD TAKE THE BUSH GETTING THE BIRD
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Is means per a certain amount of things. for example, You could say there are more Guitar makers in VT Per capita. that means other states have more guitar makers but they're talking about capita wich means there are more guitar makers in VT out of a surtant amount of people!
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Well, as you can see below, it could mean a "Bold Rooster", or a "Bold Gaullian" (for lack of a better name for one from Gaul).  It depends on the context.  For instance, if it is from Caesar, it is most likely referring to the Gauls.  But if it is about agriculture, cooking, etc...you get my point.
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"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."\n\nMeaning: it's better to be satisfied with what you have than waste your time obsessing about what you COULD have.
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you are confused!\nfrg is a bird
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Two words meaning the same thing.
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All it's saying is that you can tell a lot about a person by the dog they choose and the spouse they choose.  "Paw in hand" is just used as a clever figure of speech in place of "hand in hand," since dogs are a major part of the point.