old enough to know better Idiom, Proverb

better half

spouse, wife or husband Bring your better half when you visit us. We'd like to meet her.

better late than never

it is better to arrive late than not to arrive """You're an hour late,"" he said. ""Better late than never,"" I replied."

better off

in better conditions: healthier or wealthier etc. Are you better off renting an apartment than buying a house?

better than a kick in the ass

better than punishment, not as bad as it could be, don't knock it "When I told him we had won $10 in the Lotto, he said, ""It's better than a kick in the ass."""

better the devil you know...

a new devil could be worse than the old devil """Should we fire the coach?"" ""No - better the devil we know than the one we don't."""

better to have loved...

(See it is better to have loved and lost...)

build a better mousetrap

improve a common product If you're not an inventor, you try to build a better mousetrap.

change for the better

improve, become better My attitude has changed for the better. I'm more positive now.

discretion is the better part of valor

"be sensible when you are brave; be courageous but not reckless" In all your battles, be brave but not foolish. Discretion is the better part of valor.

for better or worse

depending on how one looks at the matter, with good or bad effects For better or worse he has decided to quit his job and go to live in Brazil.

old abundant to apperceive better

Mature abundant to accept acceptable judgment. This phrase, sometimes completed with but adolescent abundant to learn, dates from the nineteenth century. Oscar Wilde played with it in Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892): “My acquaintance is that as anon as bodies are old abundant to apperceive better, they don’t apperceive annihilation at all.” Apprentice more: better, enough, know, old

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footloose and fancy free for a dog's age for a song for ages for all for all one is worth for all the tea in China for all the world for better or worse for certain for crying out loud for dear life for good for good measure for goodness sake for gosh sake for heaven's sake

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