A bird never flew on one wing

exp.

Heard in Monaghan, Cork, Dublin, Waterford, Wicklow and Wexford

A proverb used to justify having a second drink or helping.

Have another one. A bird never flew on one wing.

Posh English

Do partake in another, for one really ought not to fly on a single pinion.

Same phrase, other counties

• Wexford

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