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get
better
To improve.
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get
better
To recover from an illness.
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had
better
Should; ought to; need to.
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better
than sex
Superlative; wonderful.
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build a
better
mousetrap
To invent the next great thing; to have a
better
idea.
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better
safe than sorry
It is preferable to be cautious in one's choices and actions than to suffer afterwards.
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get the
better
of
To overwhelm or overcome; to influence heavily; to tend to control or persuade.
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think
better
of it
To change one's mind; especially to decide against.
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prevention is
better
than cure
it is
better
to prevent the creation of a bad thing, than to destroy it.
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two heads are
better
than one
Some problems may be solved more easily by two (or more) people working together than by one working alone.
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better
an egg today than a hen tomorrow
It is
better
to have a sure thing now than a possibility of more later.
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discretion is the
better
part of valour
It is often wise to refrain from seemingly brave speech or action.1597
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it's
better
to ask forgiveness than permission
The value of acting promptly and making a mistake requiring forgiveness is greater than value of delaying to get permission.
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better
to light a single candle than to curse the darkness
In the face of bad times or hopelessness, it is more worthwhile to do some good, however small, in response than to complain about the situation.
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better
to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
Having experience of love, even if it ended, is
better
than having no experience of love.Love is worthwhile despite the pain involved in separation.
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a picture paints a thousand words
A visualisation is a
better
description than a verbal description.1971, David Gates (of Bread), If, from Manna album:If a picture paints a thousand wordsThen why can't I paint you;The words will never showThe you I've come to know.1989, Alan Kay, quoted in K?o-tung Huang, Timothy D. Huang, Introduction to Chinese, Japanese and Korean Computing, World Scientific, ISBN 9971506645, p. 9:Most human beings, no matter how familiar they are with abstract symbols, respond to voice and images
better
than written language. In other words, A picture paints a thousand words.2006, Paul Shakespeare, Building a Dune Buggy: The Essential Manual, ISBN 1904788734, p. 52:See accompanying diagram: a picture paints a thousand words, and all that!
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talk up
In such a way as to make the thing or person sound
better
than it actually is.
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brass ring
Figuratively, a prize or goal. Often used with respect to employment goals e.g. promotion,
better
job, etc.
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all-conquering
this is used when you are describing someone or something as
better
than anyone else. They are at the top level they can be
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any port in a storm
An unfavourable option which might well be avoided in good times but which nevertheless looks
better
than the alternatives at the current time.
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bang up job
Something done very well; something performed above average or
better
than expected.
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believe you me
An emphatic form of "believe me"; you [the subject] had
better
believe me [the speaker].
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circles around
Far faster or
better
than.
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go it alone
To do something alone or independently, especially something that is normally or
better
done in groups.
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good fences make good neighbors
It is
better
to mind one's own business than get involved with other people's affairs.
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halfway decent
Good -
better
than expected.
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he who laughs last laughs best
success is
better
after having previously endured ridicule.
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head and shoulders
"She was head and shoulders
better
than any of her rivals.".
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head and shoulders
To a considerable degree;
better
; outstanding.
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hold up one's end
I'm holding up my end and you had
better
hold up yours.
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huckleberry above a persimmon
Something
better
than something else.
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if you can't beat them, join them
If your adversaries are stronger than yourself, it is
better
to join the adversaries.
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if you want a thing done well, do it yourself
It is
better
to do something oneself, than rely on others to do it well.
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in shape
I guess I'd
better
get my room in shape if I have guests.
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keep one's eye on the ball
My ethos has always been to be very straight with people, tell it as it is. It doesn't often make people happy but I found that over a period of time it's
better
to be that way. So being straight, also being very focused on your objectives, keep your eye on the ball and not get deflected away from it.
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less is more
That which is less complicated is often
better
understood and more appreciated than what is more complicated; simplicity is preferable to complexity; brevity in communication is more effective than verbosity.1855, Robert Browning, "Men and Women":Well, less is more, Lucrezia: I am judged.1954, "'Less Is More'," Time, 14 Jun.:The essence of Mies's architectural philosophy is in his famous and sometimes derided phrase, "Less is more." This means, he says, having "the greatest effect with the least means."2007, Gia Kourlas, "Dance Review: An Ordered World Defined With Soothing Spareness," New York Times, 3 Mar. (retrieved 22 Oct. 2008):The program, which features two premieres
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live by the sword, die by the sword
One who uses violence can expect a violent response. It is
better
to try to use peaceful means wherever possible.(figuratively) One can expect dire outcomes from any vice; used to convey poetic justice.
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more like it
Better
, more desirable.
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one up
To outdo, to do something slightly
better
than a competitor's prior effort.
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one-up
To outdo, to do something slightly
better
than a competitor's prior effort.
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open one's big mouth
To speak about things, when it would be
better
to stay silent.
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out of sight
You
better
stay out of sight for a few days.
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out on the tiles
I've had a pint of bitter and now I'm feeling
better
and I'm out on the tiles." Led Zeppelin in their song "Out on the tiles", 1970.
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patience is a virtue
it is
better
to be patient than impatient
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rose-colored glasses
An optimistic perception of something; a positive opinion; seeing something in a positive way, often thinking of it as
better
than it actually is.
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stuck up
Snobbish, conceited; believing oneself to be
better
than others; haughty.
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to be the cat's whiskers
To perform
better
than was generally supposed possible.
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top it all off
To emphasize or underscore; to make something even
better
or worse.
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two's company, three's a crowd
One companion is
better
than two.
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you can't say fairer than that
That is good, reasonable, or fair; one cannot hope for a
better
decision or outcome.
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