English–Afrikaans dictionary
Afrikaans translation of the English word a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
| English | Afrikaans (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
🔗 He would take the form of a bird and fly down. | ||
🔗 Police say the victim, in her late teens, was dragged into bushes before being raped in a “horrific attack” that occurred in Bromley, south east London. | ||
| (labourer; operative; worker; working man; workman) | ||
🔗 Scales laid a hand on his shoulder. | ||
| (convey; hand over; pass; assign; deliver; transmit; transfer; turn over) | ||
| (veteran; ex‐serviceman) | ||
| English | Afrikaans |
|---|---|
| a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush | ⇆ een voël in die hand is beter as tien in die lug |
| bird | ⇆ nooi; ⇆ voël |
| bush | ⇆ bos; ⇆ bossie; ⇆ bossing; ⇆ bosveld; ⇆ bus; ⇆ haarbos; ⇆ met struike beplant; ⇆ naafbus; ⇆ ruig groei; ⇆ struik; ⇆ ’n bus insit |
| hand | ⇆ aangee; ⇆ aanreik; ⇆ applous; ⇆ beurt; ⇆ bos; ⇆ greep; ⇆ hand; ⇆ handskrif; ⇆ handtekening; ⇆ help; ⇆ hulp; ⇆ kaarte; ⇆ kant; ⇆ matroos; ⇆ met die hande bewerk; ⇆ oorhandig; ⇆ reef; ⇆ reik; ⇆ skouerstuk; ⇆ skrif; ⇆ sy; ⇆ toereik; ⇆ vasmaak; ⇆ werkkrag; ⇆ werkman; ⇆ werksman; ⇆ wyser |