better the devil you know

释义

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   熟悉的魔鬼比不熟悉的魔鬼好；不要嫌熟悉的环境不好，换个不熟悉的环境可能更糟

   used to say that it is easier and wiser to stay in a bad situation that you know and can deal with rather than change to a new situation which may be much worse

   Better the devil you know than the one you don't.

电影里这样说 · 1 部

• Better the devil you know than the one you don't.World War Z2013

同一词条的短语

• be a devil
• between the devil and the deep blue sea
• the devil
• the devil looks after his own
• the devil makes work for idle hands
• a devil of a job
• go to the devil
• like the devil
• speak of the devil
• what, where, who, why, the devil
• the devil to pay
• sell your soul

谚语频道里接下来

• eat drink and be merry
• every dog has his day
• it takes all sorts
• live and let live
• nothing ventured nothing gained
• rob peter to pay paul
• the pot calling the kettle black
• there's safety in numbers
• the more the merrier
• a penny for your thoughts
• two wrongs don't make a right
• boys will be boys