English Explanatory Dictionary

better an egg today than a hen tomorrow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. It is better to have a sure thing now than a possibility of more later.

Word forms

better an egg today than a hen tomorrow

Etymology

Calque of Latin ad praesens ova cras pullis sunt meliora, from Gargantua and Pantagruel by Rabelais.

Synonyms

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush take the cash and let the credit go

Related words

sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage
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