a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush »
It is preferable to have a small but certain advantage than a mere potential of a greater one.
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beat around the bush »
To delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant.
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beat around the bush »
To treat a topic but omit its main points, often intentionally.
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bird in the hand »
Shortened form of "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush".
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bright-eyed and bushy-tailed »
Alert and in an eager, frisky, or playful mood; full of life.
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bush league »
A low-ranking or inferior level among groups, professions, organizations, etc.
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bush league »
A professional sports association at the lower levels of minor league organization.
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bush telegraph »
A gossip network.
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bush telegraph »
A system used by undeveloped societies in remote regions for communication over long distances, such as drum sounds, word-of-mouth relay, or smoke signals.
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hide one's light under a bushel »
For a person to keep some talent or skill hidden from other people. The tone is that a person having a talent which they can be proud of ought not hide it.
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it's not what you know but who you know »
For success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.1951, G. P. Bush and L. H. Hattery, "Federal Recruitment of Junior Engineers," Science, vol. 114, no. 2966, p. 456:Eighty-four students referred to political influence as a disadvantage of federal employment with such remarks as: "There are too many political connections necessary . . . it's not what you know but who you know
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lie in wait »
prepare an ambush
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tourner autour du pot »
To beat around the bush.
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