Idioms in English: ’Bird’

Bird 1. A little bird told me – if smb told you a secret and you don’t want to say who it is; smb told me, but I can’t say who. - Happy Birthday! - How did you know it’s my birthday? - A little bird told me! - My mum? - I can’t tell you. 2. To eat like a bird – not to eat a lot. You eat like a bird! 3. The early bird gets the worm – if you’re first or getting up early, you will get the reward, all the people sleeping in don’t get the reward. 4. A bird in the hand is better than 2 in the bush – it’s better to have smth now than to dream about smth you don’t have. 5. To kill 2 birds with 1 stone – a good job; to complete 2 jobs; to do 1 thing complete 2 jobs; to do 1 action to get 2 things accomplished.
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