as good be an addled egg as an idle bird

[wuzhi]

What does this proverb mean?

[hobbes]

Quick explanation first.

Addled Egg: - An egg which is no longer good to eat. Spoilt. Rotten.

Idle Bird: - Referring to the chicken. An idle bird lays no eggs.

So.....

The end result is the same. To have a rotten egg, or, to have no eggs.

I suppose it can be applied to any useless item that you have been given or even people!

[wuzhi]

Thank you, Now I see.

[wuzhi]

1578 LYLY Euphues I.325
If I had not bene gathered from the tree in the buddle, I should beeing blowne haue proued a blast, and as good it is to bee an addle egge as an idle bird.

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