better the devil you know
idiomPart ofdevil
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.