| 单词 | better the devil you know |
| 释义 | better the devil you knowphrase See full dictionary entry for devilIf you say better the devil you know or better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, you mean that you would prefer to have contact with or do business with a person you already know, even though you don't like them, than with a person you don't know. [mainly British]better the devil you knowsaid to mean that it is better to deal with someone you already know, even if you do not like them, than to deal with someonethat you know nothing about, because they may be even worse It is becoming clearer to them that he is no angel; but better the devil you know. |
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