better an egg today than a hen tomorrow

== English == === Etymology === Calque of Latin ad praesens ova cras pullis sunt meliora, from Gargantua and Pantagruel by Rabelais. === Proverb === better an egg today than a hen tomorrow It is better to have a sure thing now than a possibility of more later. Synonyms: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, take the cash and let the credit go ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage