parempi pyy pivossa kuin kymmenen oksalla

Finnish

Etymology

A variant can be found in Henrik Florinus: Wanhain suomalaisten tawaliset ja suloiset sananlascut ("The Proper and Graceful Proverbs of the Old Finns", 1702): Pare Pyy piwos, cuin caxi, eli teiri, oxalla.

Proverb

parempi pyy pivossa kuin kymmenen oksalla (literally, “better a hazel grouse in the hand than ten on the branch”)

  1. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
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