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| English | Russian |
| a sparrow in the hand is better than the pigeon on the roof | лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе (Nadiya_K) |
| pigeon's milk | что-либо несуществующее (воображаемый предмет, за которым посылают, желая одурачить кого-либо) The custom at the time had degenerated into a senseless sport, the object being to take advantage of a person's credulity by dispatching him on an impossible errand such as buying the "history of Eve's mother", or pigeon's milk or a similar absurdity. VLZ_58) |