better off than (someone) Idiom, Proverb

bug (someone)

bother, irritate, get to me That scraping noise bugs me. It's quite annoying.

catch (someone) red-handed

catch someone in the middle of doing something wrong The woman was caught red-handed at the store trying to steal some cosmetics.

cost (someone) an arm and a leg

" cost a lot; be very expensive."

cut (someone) off

stop someone from saying something We tried to outline our proposal but we were constantly cut off by our noisy opponents.

down on (someone)

be critical of someone, angry at She is really down on her friend but I don

draw (someone) out

make a person talk or tell something She was very quiet but we finally were able to draw her out so that she would join the party.

drop (someone) a line

write or mail a note or letter to someone She promised that she would drop me a line when she gets to Singapore.

egg (someone) on

urge or push someone to do something He is always egging his friend on when he is angry which makes him even angrier.

fill (someone) in

tell someone the details I will fill you in later about our plans for the weekend.

get hold of (someone)

find a person so you can speak with him or her I tried to get hold of him last week but he was out of town.

better off than (someone)

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get fingered get fresh get-go get going get good wood on get hell get high get him back get hold of (someone) get hold of (something) get home get in deeper get in my face get in on it get in on the ground floor get in the swing of things get in touch with someone betrothed betrothed to (someone) Betsy better better (oneself) better (to be) safe than sorry better a dollar earned than ten inherited 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 bend than break better dead than red better fish to fry better get moving better get on my horse better get used to it better half better half, my Better keep still about it better late than never better left unsaid better luck next time better mousetrap, (if one can) build a better of better off better off than (someone) better safe than sorry better than better than a kick in the pants better than a kick in the teeth better than a poke in the eye (with a sharp stick) 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 to ask the way than go astray better you than me betty between between (someone or something) and (someone or something else) between a rock and a hard place between dog and wolf between hawk and buzzard between hay and grass between jobs between life and death between ourselves between projects