better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of Latin ad praesens ova cras pullis sunt meliora, from Gargantua and Pantagruel by Rabelais.
Proverb
[edit]better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
- It is better to have a sure thing now than a possibility of more later.
Translations
[edit]a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush — see a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush