“3739. One Bird in the Hand, is worth two in the Bush.”

“A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.”

“He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush.”

“5192. To kill two Birds with one Stone.”

“One today is worth two tomorrows.”

“Only a persuasive tone can kill two birds with one stone.”

“Instead, we try to apply Aesop's 2,600-year-old equation to opportunities in which we have reasonable confidence as to how many birds are in the bush and when they will emerge (a formulation that my grandsons would probably update to "A girl in a convertible is worth five in the phonebook.").”

“It took dominion everywhere.
The jar was gray and bare.
It did not give of bird or bush,
Like nothing else in Tennessee.”

“There's a saying I remember from my grandmother: One today is worth two tomorrows.”

“No empty handed man can lure a bird”