YOU SAID:
a bird in the hand saves nine
INTO JAPANESE
手の中の一羽の鳥は九羽の鳥を救う
BACK INTO ENGLISH
One bird in the hand saves nine birds
INTO JAPANESE
手の中の一羽の鳥は九羽の鳥を救う
BACK INTO ENGLISH
One bird in the hand saves nine birds
That didn't even make that much sense in English.