Originally posted by Bardsley
...THe only play on phrases I can think of is that a bird in the hand is worth two in the nightclub, but I'm not sure whether it fits...

...which reminds me of the cockney bird whose skirt got caught in the wind, which prompted the man standing next to her to remark "Airy, ain't it?" To which she replied "What'd you bloomin' 'spect...feathers?? :D