speak talk of the devil イディオム
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."""
between the devil and the deep blue sea
in a difficult position, no place to go, between a rock..., Sophie's choice "If he ran, they would shoot him; if he stayed in the shop, the gas would kill him. He was between the devil and the deep blue sea."
devil-may-care
carefree, wild, on a lark Employers won't hire people with a devil-may-care attitude.
dust devil
small whirlwind, twister Dust devils seemed to follow us as we walked across the field.
give the devil his due
be fair (even to someone who is bad and who you dislike) I don
like the devil
quickly, too fast to see, like hell The disease spread like the devil. Soon his whole leg was swollen.
speak of the devil and he appears
a person comes just when one is talking about him "Speak of the devil and he appears," I said just as our colleague who we were talking about walked in the door.
the devil makes work for idle hands
if a person is not busy he will do evil things, work ethic The protestants believe children should be busy because the devil makes work for idle hands.
devil
an enemy, usually white people: "The devil made me do it" -- Paris (the devil made me do it)
devil's buckie
a perverse, refractory yougster
