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

English

Alternative forms

• 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 (rare)
• 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

Proverb

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

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

Translations

Something bad and familiar is better than something bad and unknown

• German: man weiß, was man hat, aber weiß nicht, was man kriegt
• Romanian: mai bun e un drac știut decât unul necunoscut
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• Spanish: más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer, más vale diablo conocido que por conocer