Bird Proverbs

Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. (English Proverb)
A bird hanging between two branches will get bitten on both wings. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
Better one bird in the hand than ten in the sky. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. View proverb
English Proverb
A bird in the hand has more worth than two flying. View proverb
Portuguese Proverb
What is sport to the boy is the death of the bird. View proverb
Hindi Proverb
The bird that pecks at a rock trusts in the strength of its beak. View proverb
Kiganda Proverb
You may well have caught a bird, but have you a fire to roast it on? View proverb
Madagascan Proverb
It is the softness of the lime that is fatal to the bird. View proverb
Madagascan Proverb
‘I nearly killed the bird.' no one can eat ‘nearly' in a stew. View proverb
Yoruba Proverb
A bird that allows itself to be caught will find a way of escaping. (Cameroon Proverb)
Smart bird gets trapped in its beak. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
I have” is a better bird than "if I had. View proverb
German Proverb
‘so near and yet so far,' said the man when the bird lit on his gun. View proverb
Irish Proverb
A good bird begins chirping while in the egg. View proverb
Greek Proverb
the child and the little bird, God catches the fall. View proverb
Portuguese Proverb
It's a brave bird that makes its nest in the cat's ear. View proverb
Hindi Proverb
A child without education is like a bird without wings. View proverb
Tibetan Proverb
A bird that you set free may be caught again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return. View proverb
Jewish Proverb
Although the snake does not fly it has caught the bird whose home is in the sky. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
The bird that escapes from its cage never wants to come back. (Vietnamese Proverb)
Every shot does not bring down a bird. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
Every bird sings as it is beaked. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
'tis a fat bird that bastes itself. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
The first [cup of vodka] goes as a stake, the second as a falcon, and the third as a little bird. View proverb
Russian Proverb
📖 Bird Quotes