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proverb
It is better to have a sure thing now than a possibility of more later.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, take the cash and let the credit go
Antonyms: none provided
History
Calque of Latin ad praesens ova cras pullis sunt meliora, from Gargantua and Pantagruel by Rabelais.
