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The following 2 entries include the term better the.
better the devil you know than the devil you don't
idiom—used to say that it is better to deal with a difficult person or situation one knows than with a new person or situation that could be worse
the less said, the better
idiom—used to say it is better to not say anything about something because it is bad, unpleasant, etc.
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