Meaning of 'Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush'

What does the saying 'Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush' mean?

Idiom: Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Similar Idioms

• With a heavy hand
• Hand in glove
• Eat like a bird
• Bird's eye view
• Early bird catches the worm
• Upper hand
• Hand to mouth
• Beat about the bush
• Bird-brain
• Off-hand
• Sleight of hand
• Left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing
• A little bird told me
• Put your hand on your heart
• Hand that rocks the cradle
• Worth your salt
• Like the back of your hand
• Give me a hand
• Out of hand
• Go hand in hand
• Make money hand over fist
• Blood is worth bottling
• Cake's not worth the candle
• Run around the bush
• Caught with your hand in the cookie jar
• Close at hand
• Worth a shot
• Not worth a red cent
• Good hand
• Not worth a tinker's dam
• Hand in hand
• Give a big hand
• Bird-dog
• Worth its weight in gold
• Not worth the candle
• Cap in hand
• Can't see your hand in front of your face
• In the palm of your hand
• Flip someone the bird
• Try your hand at
• One hand washes the other
• A picture is worth a thousand words
• Don't bite the hand that feeds
• An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
• Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades