Anders Isaksson wrote:

> Rudy Velthuis (TeamB) wrote:
> 
> > I know, but the English saying uses "in the bush", and I only
> > wanted to modify the number, not the rest. We actually say "in the
> > air", yes.
> 
> And in Sweden the 10 birds are "in the wood" (hard to find a place
> without nearby woods in most of Sweden).

And in Germany, it is "better the sparrow in the hand than the pigeon
on the roof". At the same time, most Germans consider pigeons no better
than flying rats, these days. <g>


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