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Phrase: Be better off
Meaning: That would be/is beneficial to you. That would be a wise thing to do. You had better do something.
Examples:
You would be better off without their help. It is not sincere. (ie, I would not accept their help if I were you.)
You would be better off with a bigger house because this one is too small for ten people. (ie, I recommend your living in a bigger house.)
He would be better off going abroad. It is very dangerous for him to stay here. (ie, He ought to go abroad.)
-Are we better off now than twenty years ago? (= Do we live better now than twenty years ago?)
-I'm afraid not. We have fewer rights, less privacy and less money.
-Is the United States of America better off with Trump than (with) Clinton?
-I find them both right-wing, and I am left-wing. I do not like either of them.
I think you are better off single than married.
Date: 2018-06-22 23:19:48
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Phrase: A known devil is better than an unknown angel
Sent by Rahul Sharma
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Phrase: A stitch in time (saves nine)
Meaning: Problems or things should be solved before they become worse: We must deal with this issue right now: A stitch in time saves nine, as you know. Otherwise, it may turn out to be very costly
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Phrase: Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace
Author: Buddha
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Phrase: Better the devil you know (that the one you don't know)
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Phrase: Brain is better than brawn
Meaning: Intelligence is better than physical strength
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Phrase: Brevity is the soul of wit
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Phrase: Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
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Phrase: Explore every avenue
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Phrase: Great minds think alike
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Phrase: Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom
Author: Thomas Jefferson
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Phrase: If at first you don't succeed, try, try again
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Phrase: If you can't beat them, join them
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Phrase: Make a virtue of necessity
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Phrase: Manners is manners
Author: Charles Dickens in Great Expectations
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Phrase: Necessity is the mother of invention
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Phrase: No rhyme nor reason
Author: Shane Ross
Meaning: It does not make any sense
Email: sross@americanfundinginc.com
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Phrase: Old age is a terrible price to pay for wisdom
Sent by Scott Scribner
Email: scott@dialectbrand.com
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Phrase: Once bitten, twice shy
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Phrase: Problems may be solved in the study which have baffled all those who have sought a solution by the aid of their senses
Author: Sherlock Holmes, that is, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Phrase: Rack your brain(s)
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Phrase: Seeing is believing
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Phrase: To a great mind, nothing is little
Author: Sherlock Holmes, that is, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Phrase: Travel broadens the mind
Meaning: It makes you wiser
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Phrase: Variety is the spice of life
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