better the devil you know
better the devil you know is the alternative form of better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
Meaning of better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
Proverb
better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
Questions about better the devil you know
- What is better the devil you know the alternative form of?
- Better the devil you know is the alternative form of better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
Words near better the devil you know in the dictionary
- better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail
- better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
- better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick
- better than nothing
- better than sex
- better the devil you know
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
- better the devil you know than the one you don't
- better the devil you know than the one you don't know
- better to be late than be dead on time
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