system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: One in the hand is worth two in the bush

What the actual fuck does that mean? Is that even the right saying?
gpt
One bird in the hand (one you have already caught) is better than two in the bush (that you haven't caught yet).  It is better to have one of something than the remote potential for getting two of them.