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

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
the dev-il y-ou -know is -bet-ter than the dev-il y-ou -don't
IPA
75
Scrabble Score
42
Letters
9
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 you know is better than the devil you don't mean?
Alternative form of better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.

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