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

A familiar misfortune is preferable to a totally unexpected one. This adage first appeared in John Taverner’s Proverbs of Erasmus (1539), and Anthony Trollope referred to it as “an old proverb” in Barchester Towers (1857). It may be dying out.

See also: better, devil, know

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

See also:

know what/which side of the bread is buttered (on), to
which way the wind blows, (to know)
Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, the
bark is worse than one's bite
bad luck
a beggar on horseback
beggar
beggar on horseback
horseback
buy the rabbit

词组	devil you know is better than the devil you don't know, the
释义	devil you know is better than the devil you don't know, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know, the A familiar misfortune is preferable to a totally unexpected one. This adage first appeared in John Taverner’s Proverbs of Erasmus (1539), and Anthony Trollope referred to it as “an old proverb” in Barchester Towers (1857). It may be dying out. See also: better, devil, know The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: know what/which side of the bread is buttered (on), to which way the wind blows, (to know) Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, the bark is worse than one's bite bad luck a beggar on horseback beggar beggar on horseback horseback buy the rabbit
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