better the devil you know

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better the devil you know — idiom

1. It is wiser to stay in a familiar bad situation than to move to a new one that c

1.idiom
Definition

It is wiser to stay in a familiar bad situation than to move to a new one that could be much worse.

Example

I stayed at the boring job because better the devil you know than a new company that might be worse.

Mayumi decided not to switch clinics — better the devil you know, she told herself.