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  What it means

  “Better a sparrow in hand than a black grouse on a branch.” A variant of the ‘bird in hand’ proverb. A small, certain gain is preferable to a larger but uncertain one.

  English equivalent

  A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

  Vocabulary

  • wróbel — sparrow
  • ręka — hand
  • cietrzew — black grouse
  • sęk — knot in wood, branch stub

  Grammar note

  'W ręku' is the locative of 'ręka'. 'Na sęku' is the locative of 'sęk'.

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