English / proverb
Better Is the Enemy of Good
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Striving for impossible perfection can ruin or delay an already satisfactory and acceptable outcome
In context
01
Let us finalize this reasonable compensation package today, remembering that better is the enemy of good.
02
Legal reforms were delayed for years because lawmakers forgot that better is the enemy of good.
Synonyms
perfection is the enemy of progress,the perfect is the enemy of the good
Antonyms
demand absolute perfection,settle for nothing less than perfection
Collocations
remember that better is the enemy of good,proverb that better is the enemy of good,beware that better is the enemy of good