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better the devil you know than the devil you don't know

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
bet-ter the dev-il y-ou -know than the dev-il y-ou -don't -know
IPA
84
Scrabble Score
44
Letters
9
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Something bad and familiar is better than something bad and unknown.

Questions

What does better the devil you know than the devil you don't know mean?
Something bad and familiar is better than something bad and unknown.

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