«بِيضِةِ النَّهَارْدَهْ أَحْسَنْ مِنْ فَرْخِةْ بُكْرَهْ»

The proverb values a modest benefit that can be received now more highly than a greater benefit that is deferred until the following day.

Its contrast rests on timing as well as size: the egg is immediate, while the chicken belongs to a later time that has not yet arrived.

Use it when advising someone to choose an available, smaller benefit rather than postpone satisfaction for a larger benefit later. It can frame practical choices involving what to accept now and what to leave until another day.