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• a bad excuse is better than none
• a live dog is better than a dead lion
• against (one's) better judgment
• against better judgement
• against better judgment
• against one's better judgment
• all better
• all better (now)
• all the
• all the better
• all the more reason for
• bad excuse is better than none
• be better off dead
• better (oneself)
• Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave
• better be going
• Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
• better dead than red
• better fish to fry
• better get moving
• better get on my horse
• better get used to it
• better half
• Better keep still about it
• better late than never
• better left unsaid
• Better luck next time
• better of
• better off
• Better safe than sorry
• better than
• better than nothing
• better than sex
• better the devil you know
• better the devil you know than the devil you don't
• Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
• better the devil you know than the one you don't know
• better things to do
• better you than me
• build a better mousetrap
• change for the better
• could be better
• couldn't be better
• deserve better from
• Discretion is the better part of valor
• Discretion is the better part of valour
• do one better
• easier said than done
• elders and betters
• even better
• Example is better than precept
• for better or for worse
• for better or worse
• for the better
• for want of a better word
• Foresight is better than hindsight.
• get better
• get the better of
• go on to a better land
• go one better
• go you one better
• had better
• half a loaf is better than no bread
• half a loaf is better than no loaf
• Half a loaf is better than none
• have seen better days
• have the better of (someone or something)
• is better than nothing
• It is better to be born lucky than rich
• It is better to give than to receive
• It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive
• It is better to wear out than to rust out
• it's better to ask forgiveness than permission
• I've seen better heads on nickel beers
• know better
• less said , the better
• make a better door than a window
• might as well
• never been better
• notch above
• one’s better half
• one's better half
• other fish to fry
• Prevention is better than cure
• seen better
• seen better days
• seen better days, have
• sight better
• so much the better
• sooner the better
• sooner the better, the
• take a turn for the better
• the better part of
• the half is better than the whole
• think better of
• think better of it
• time to hit the road
• 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
• turn for the better
• Two heads are better than one
• you better believe it
• You better believe it!
• You had better believe it!
• You make a better door than you do a window
• you'd better believe it