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Definition of a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
interjection
- something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
Last edited on Aug 25 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'a': | |
| Definitions include: amphetamine. | |
| Definitions include: the best. | |
| Definitions include: excessive. | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
| Definitions include: In the West/Central Canadian accent, "about" is pronounced somewhere between "aboot" and "a boat". | |
| Definitions include: a little crazy | |
| Definitions include: an unspecified small number. | |
| Definitions include: to play around. | |
| Definitions include: very common. | |
| Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate. | |
| Definitions include: a non-specified price. | |
| Definitions include: a non-specified price. | |
| Definitions include: to collide with a tree. | |
| Definitions include: an ugly face. | |
| Definitions include: a few drinks of alcohol. | |
Other terms relating to 'bird': | |
| Definitions include: "A person who I will not disclose told me..." | |
| Definitions include: "A person who I will not disclose told me..." | |
| Definitions include: a female. | |
| Definitions include: an unintelligent person. | |
| Definitions include: unintelligent. | |
| Definitions include: sex and sexuality. | |
| Definitions include: sex and sexuality. | |
| Definitions include: a person who wakes up early in the day. | |
| Definitions include: when eating, to often eat a little. | |
| Definitions include: the act of vomiting. | |
| Definitions include: to raise the middle finger towards a person, as an offensive gesture. | |
| Definitions include: worthless or displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: a police helicopter using a spotlight. | |
| Definitions include: a police or black helicopter that flies around with spotlight on. | |
Other terms relating to 'bush': | |
| Definitions include: natural, untrimmed pubic hair ("bush"), especially on a female. | |
| Definitions include: to delay in getting to the point. | |
| Definitions include: one's pubic hair. | |
| Definitions include: tired. | |
| Definitions include: bad or inferior. | |
| Definitions include: natural, untrimmed pubic hair, especially on a female. | |
| Definitions include: natural, untrimmed pubic hair ("bush"), especially on a female. | |
| Definitions include: unkempt pubic hair ("bush") on a female, during the non-bikini season. | |
Other terms relating to 'hand': | |
| Definitions include: to do something bad to someone that takes care of one. | |
| Definitions include: to be severely defeated. | |
| Definitions include: to have in one's possession. | |
| Definitions include: get caught doing something one shouldn't | |
| Definitions include: to applaud. | |
| Definitions include: to fist fight someone. | |
| Definitions include: a powerful handgun. | |
| Definitions include: American football. | |
| Definitions include: closely, as in a close friendship or a close working relationship. | |
| Definitions include: to give a person credit for an achievement. | |
| Definitions include: See handjob. | |
| Definitions include: items - usually clothing - worn by an older relative (especially sibling) and then "handed down" | |
| Definitions include: in great amounts. | |
| Definitions include: used when comparing things and something is the clear-cut winner. | |
| Definitions include: prone to inappropriate touching with one's hands. | |
Other terms relating to 'in': | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: involving everyone or everything. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: no chance. | |
| Definitions include: something easy. | |
| Definitions include: at some time before the present. | |
| Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing. | |
| Definitions include: included. | |
| Definitions include: clitoris. | |
| Definitions include: to intrude. | |
| Definitions include: See barge in. | |
| Definitions include: To beat someone up, inflict head injury | |
| Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time." | |
| Definitions include: never. | |
Other terms relating to 'is': | |
| Definitions include: what was previously expected to happen may not. | |
| Definitions include: a declaration of victory or superiority. | |
| Definitions include: Can be said when impatiently waiting for someone to follow you. Double meaning of coming and orgasm. | |
| Definitions include: the bathroom. | |
| Definitions include: "alright". | |
| Definitions include: family relations are more important than other relationships. | |
| Definitions include: the current situation is about to get out of control. | |
| Definitions include: interjection used to announce one's arrival. | |
| Definitions include: before you were even born. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "for what it's worth". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Google is your friend". | |
| Definitions include: "Go home, you're drunk," as a drunk person might say it. | |
| Definitions include: home is where the horror is | |
| Definitions include: "How are you doing?" | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I am a lawyer". | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: inclusive. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: lots of. | |
Other terms relating to 'two': | |
| Definitions include: an unattractive female met while drinking alcohol at a bar, and then taken back to one's residence to spend the night. | |
| Definitions include: "to". | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: Slang for adding your opinion of something or someone without being asked for your opinion. | |
| Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate. | |
| Definitions include: diarrhea. | |
| Definitions include: suffering a bout of diarrhea so chronic that you only manage a scream and 2 steps before it starts to run down your leg. | |
| Definitions include: penis and testicles. | |
| Definitions include: to care. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate; "poop". | |
| Definitions include: to defecate; "poop". | |
| Definitions include: an extremely well-behaved person. | |
| Definitions include: Very hot outside. | |
| Definitions include: "Both people involved in a bad situation are to be blamed." | |
| Definitions include: happy, as a dog would be if it found it had an extra penis. | |
Other terms relating to 'worth': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "for what it's worth". | |
| Definitions include: "is the outcome worth the effort?" | |
| Definitions include: having worth, or any contribution to society. | |
| Definitions include: very worthless. | |
| Definitions include: misspelling of worthless as tits on a boar hog. | |
| Definitions include: to be worth of one's salary. | |
| Definitions include: to be extremely valuable. | |
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