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

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
the dev-il that y-ou -know is -bet-ter than the dev-il that y-ou -don't -know
IPA
100
Scrabble Score
54
Letters
10
Syllables
17
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Alternative form of better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.

Questions

What does the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know mean?
Alternative form of better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.

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