English / proverb
Better the Devil You Know than the One You Don't Know
MEANING IN ENGLISH
It is safer to deal with a known, familiar difficulty or unpleasant person than to risk a new and unknown alternative.
In context
01
Before resigning out of envy over your friend's corporate perks, remember: better the devil you know than the one you don't know.
02
He decided to keep his current eccentric manager because better the devil you know than the one you don't know.
Synonyms
stick with the familiar,safe over risky,known evil
Antonyms
leap in the dark,jump into the unknown
Collocations
remember that better the devil you know,choose better the devil you know,rule of better the devil you know