Topics : 20 Quotes and proverbs about birds

• A bird in the hands is worth two in the bush.
• What we already have is more valuable than what we hope to get. Be happy with what you have.

• Better be a bird in the wood than one in the cage. 

• A loaf of bread is better than song of many birds. 
• Eating comes first in any situation.

• The early bird catches the worm. 

• Birds of a feather flock together. - English proverb - 
• The meaning is that humans of similar type, interest, personality, character, or other distinctive attribute tend to mutually associate.

• Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. 
• Don't rely on things which haven't happened yet.

• Don’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. - Aesop's Fables -
• It refers to the short-sighted destruction of a valuable resource, or to an unprofitable action motivated by greed.

• The fair feathers still make fair fowls.  

• To kill two birds with one stone. 
• It simply means solving two tasks at the same time or with one single action.

• Don't put all your eggs in the basket.  
• It means that one should not concentrate all efforts and resources in one area as one could lose everything.

• The bird that flies high sees the farthest. 
• The gull sees farthest who flies highest. - Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull -

• Eagles don't catch flies. 
• A tiger will not eat grass, no matter how hungry it is. 

• Dread the anger of the dove. - French Proverb -
• The anger of anyone who is normally peaceful can be the most dangerous anger precisely because it is so rare.

• A secret is like a dove: when it leaves my hand it takes wing. - Arabic Proverb -

• When a dove begins to associate with crows its feathers remain white but its heart grows black. - German Proverb -

• He who makes himself a dove is eaten by the hawk. - Italian Proverb -

• One swallow does not make a summer. 
• One instance of an event does not necessarily indicate a trend.

• ​A black hen will lay a white egg. - English proverb -

• Far fowls have fair feathers. - English Proverb -

• A crow is no whiter for being washed.
• It means you cannot change your true nature, even through effort.

• A married man is a caged bird. - Italian proverb -

• Birds hear what is said by day, and rats hear what is said by night. - German Proverb - 
• Walls have ears.

• Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 
• People tend to boast about their abilities, they like to hear themselves talking about themseves.

• A little bird told me. 
• hear through the grapevine

• To Chicken Out. 
• To stop doing something because you are afraid.

• A believer is a bird in a cage, a freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing. - Robert G. Ingersoll -

Motivational English Quotes To Inspire You.

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