better an egg today than a hen tomorrow

English

Etymology

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Ad praesens ova cras pullis sunt meliora.

Proverb

Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

1. It is better to have a sure thing now than a possibility of more later.

Synonyms

• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
• take the cash and let the credit go

Translations

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush — see a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush