"a bird in hand is worth two in the bush" meaning in Bahasa Inggeris

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Proverb

  1. Jangan mengambil risiko terhadap sesuatu yang telah anda miliki di mana ia mungkin hilang dengan cuba mendapatkan sesuatu yang tidak pasti.
    Sense id: ms-a_bird_in_hand_is_worth_two_in_the_bush-en-proverb-fFLz7RN0
  2. Adalah lebih baik mempunyai kelebihan yang kecil tetapi pasti berbanding kelebihan yang besar tetapi tidak pasti.
    Sense id: ms-a_bird_in_hand_is_worth_two_in_the_bush-en-proverb-FoMkq-9p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Peribahasa Inggeris
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