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by jt007m on September 8th, 2007

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What does "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" mean?

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  • by pearloaf is not yelling and dreams of bal on January 18th, 2011

    pearloaf is not yelling and dreams of bal

    this is a test to see how you are feeling at that moment. Saying the bird in the hand is worth literally two in the bush, you might feel that the one in your hand you have more options with than the two in the bush. If you like to add things to the story, you might assume, being of mankind, that you had a gun or were into hunting, so therefore you might say that a dead bird in your hand is worth two more birds that have come to search for the original bird that you have slain.
    Add that it's a live bird and you get something much more pleasant but a little harder to understand.
    this does seem like a song of imagination, and, imagination tends to come from all your deepest desires fears anguishes and so forth. You can also come up with some sort of news story or current event from reading these emotions that people display. There really is no win or fail.
    So, to me, the saying "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" is more of a way to strike up a conversation, just like bringing up jesus at a beer drinking party.

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