How is “be better off” used?

In The Thin Blue Line (1988), one line is: “the Millers would be better off.”

Which movie is “be better off” from?

The clip at the top of this page is from The Thin Blue Line (1988).

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the Millers would be better off.

The Thin Blue Line (1988)72:34

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be better off

イディオム

to be in a better or worse situation; used to say that sb is / would be happier or more satisfied if they were in a particular position or did a particular thing

43 本の映画に登場イディオムを再生

意味

オックスフォード映画の 55%
to be in a better or worse situation
Hey, did you know if humans disappeared, the planet would be better off?
オックスフォード映画の 45%
used to say that sb is / would be happier or more satisfied if they were in a particular position or did a particular thing

映画ではこう言う · 43 本

シーン全体で学ぶ

The Thin Blue Line1988
Oppenheimer2023

little better than
that's better
the bigger, smaller, faster, slower, the better
discretion is the better part of valour
two heads are better than one
the best part of
prevention is better than cure
had better
for better or worse
get the better of
so much the better
a change for the better

イディオムをもっと

get started
hold your breath
a whole lot
any minute
the middle of nowhere
hang in there
at the latest
in the world
that's better
by accident
not much of a
a pain in the neck

定義：Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 第 9 版