"better the devil you know than the devil you don't know" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [英语]

  1. 未知的危險比已知的危險更加可怕。明槍易躲,暗箭難防。
    Sense id: zh-better_the_devil_you_know_than_the_devil_you_don't_know-en-proverb-UK4v9RWy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: better the devil you know, better the devil you know than the devil you don't, better the devil you know than the one you don't, better the devil you know than the one you don't know, the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know

Alternative forms

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      "word": "better the devil you know"
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    {
      "word": "better the devil you know than the devil you don't"
    },
    {
      "word": "better the devil you know than the one you don't"
    },
    {
      "word": "better the devil you know than the one you don't know"
    },
    {
      "word": "the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know"
    },
    {
      "word": "the devil you know is better than the devil you don't"
    },
    {
      "word": "the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know"
    },
    {
      "word": "the devil we know is better than the devil we don't"
    },
    {
      "word": "the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know"
    }
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  "word": "better the devil you know than the devil you don't know"
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    {
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        "未知的危險比已知的危險更加可怕。明槍易躲,暗箭難防。"
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    {
      "word": "better the devil you know"
    },
    {
      "word": "better the devil you know than the devil you don't"
    },
    {
      "word": "better the devil you know than the one you don't"
    },
    {
      "word": "better the devil you know than the one you don't know"
    },
    {
      "word": "the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know"
    },
    {
      "word": "the devil you know is better than the devil you don't"
    },
    {
      "word": "the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know"
    },
    {
      "word": "the devil we know is better than the devil we don't"
    },
    {
      "word": "the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know"
    }
  ],
  "word": "better the devil you know than the devil you don't know"
}

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