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

English

Alternative forms

better the devil you know
better the devil you know than the devil you don't
better the devil you know than the one you don't
better the devil you know than the one you don't know
the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know (rare)
the devil you know is better than the devil you don't
the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know
the devil we know is better than the devil we don't
the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know

Proverb

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

Something bad and familiar is better than something bad and unknown.

Translations

Something bad and familiar is better than something bad and unknown

German: man weiß, was man hat, aber weiß nicht, was man kriegt
Romanian: mai bun e un drac știut decât unul necunoscut

Spanish: más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer, más vale diablo conocido que por conocer

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