B1idiomdecisionsIELTS-friendly
better safe than sorry
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it is wiser to be careful now than to have problems later
A full comment on its own. British English also says 'better to be safe than sorry'.
In context
I'll bring a raincoat just in case. Better safe than sorry.
We left for the airport three hours early, because better safe than sorry.
More idioms about decisions
- a Catch-22a situation you can't escape because each solution depends on the other
- a change of hearta change in your opinion or plan, usually towards a kinder or different view
- a double-edged swordsomething that has both good and bad effects
- a fait accomplisomething already decided or done that others must now accept
- a foregone conclusiona result that is certain before it happens