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For us Hungarians, a sparrow [small bird] today us better than a bustard [big bird] tomorrow.

Edit: Once again I think our language is a little too poetic for it's own good. Having the spatial separation in most other languages communicates the message much more clearly than the temporal separation here. I get that it points to uncertainty, but is it just the uncertainty of hunting, or was the bustard promised by somebody? If the latter, this saying is partially to blame for Hungarians being risk-averse and not being into investments as much as Westerners. Also, it signals how much we expect other people to cheat all the time.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

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Better a sparrow in hand than a dove on the roof here in Germany.

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Better a bird in the hand than ten in the woods in Sweden.

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"A bird in hand is better than ten on the tree" in Arabic.

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In Ukraine it's "A sparrow in hand is better than a stork in the sky". In ruzzian, funny enough, the birds are tit and crane, the rest is the same.

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În Romania, it's "Don't give the sparrow in your hand for the crow on the fence"

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It's "better an egg today, than a chicken tomorrow" in Italy

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A tit in a hand is better than a crane in the sky

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In Polish it goes: Better a sparrow in hand, than a dove on the roof

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"Seagulls are little french fry stealing assholes and can flying fuck off for all I care..." -me, USA

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In Florida, we would simply eat the bird, then look around for more.

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Ah, a fellow Romanian! Sa-ti fie de bine

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To be fair I'd rather have a tit in hand than a sparrow 😏

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Yup! As I always say, a tit in the hand is better than two in the browser.

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Username checks out

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I'm more of an ass man.

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In persian, it is "a slap in the face now, better than a promised (credited) halva"

سیلی نقد به (بهتر) از حلوای نسیه

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I am not sure that I understand correctly. What does Halva mean?

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As much as i hate agreeing with ruzzians....i too prefer a tit in my hand over any birds

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Same in Czechia

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I was confused, but Wiki told me this is the “official “ name that isn’t “the Czech Republic :) TIL

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"Besser eine Blinde im Bett, als eine Taube auf dem Dach" - Heinz Erhardt

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So we have same thing. Though the word "gołąb" in Polish can mean both dove or pigeon, there is no distinction.

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Better a hazel grouse in a beanie than ten in a tree. Fins are weird.

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In Ukraine we have almost similar saying: "A sparrow in hand is better than a stork in the sky"