valoir mieux

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /va.lwaʁ mjø/ === Verb === valoir mieux (impersonal) to be better, to be preferrable Synonym: faire mieux de 2018, Pablo Montoya, Triptyque de l'infamie, translated from Spanish by Jean-Marie Saint-Lu Il y a beaucoup d'occasions où il vaut mieux se taire que de parler. ― There are many occasions when it is better to be quiet than to speak. Il vaudrait mieux que tu te rhabilles avant que mon mari ne rentre. ― You'd better put your clothes back on before my husband comes home. Il aurait mieux valu ne pas savoir. ― It would have been better not to know. ==== Usage notes ==== Often found in the inversed form mieux vaut (instead of il vaut mieux), especially in idiomatic expressions: mieux vaut prévenir que guérir, mieux vaut être seul que mal accompagné, mieux vaut s'adresser à Dieu qu'à ses saints. See also mieux vaut tenir que courir and mieux vaut tard que jamais.