| Word | better the devil you know |
|---|---|
| Description | it's wiser to deal with an undesirable but familiar person or situation than to risk a change that might lead to a situation with worse difficulties or a person whose faults you have yet to discover. This phrase is a shortened form of the proverb it's wiser to deal with an undesirable but familiar |
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