| 单词 | better safe than sorry |
| 释义 | Idioms and Phrases with Better safe than sorrybetter safe than sorry Being careful may avoid disaster, as in I'm not taking any short-cuts—better safe than sorry. This cautionary phrase appeared as better sure than sorry in 1837. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Better safe than sorryIt is better to act cautiously beforehand than to suffer afterward. Words nearby Better safe than sorryBetter late than never, betterment, betterment tax, better-off, better part of, Better safe than sorry, better than, Betterton, Betti, Bettina, betting shop The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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