Question

Complete the following proverb:
A bird in the hand is worth ______.

• A. One in the sky
• B. Two in the bush
• C. Two in the pocket
• D. Two on the table

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Two in the bush

The correct answer is Option B.

The correct proverb is 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush'.

This means that it is better to have something in a lesser quantity than taking the chance of losing it in order to attain something else or something more that seems tempting and desirable.

A person who has one bird in his hand gets tempted by seeing 2 birds in the bushes. He thus lets go off the one in his hand and reaches to capture the 2 in the bush. However by the time he reaches the bush the 2 birds fly away. So the man is left nowhere. Not only does he lose the 2 birds that he never had but also loses the ones he had in his hand. In the pursuit of attaining and securing the unattainable and nearly impossible pursuit, we also lose the opportunities and pursuits that already belong to us.

Options A, C and D do not complete the proverb since they do not bring out its true meaning.

Hence Option B is the correct answer.