- the better part of
- (most of: He talked for the better part of an hour.) aproape
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discretion is the better part of valor — {literary} When you are in danger or trouble, good sense helps more than foolish risks; it is better to be careful than to be foolishly brave. A proverb. * /When you are facing a man with a knife, discretion is the better part of valor./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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