知しらぬ仏ほとけより馴な染じみの鬼おに

expression

better the devil you know than the devil you don't

Proverb meaning that a familiar but unpleasant person or situation is preferable to an unknown one that might be worse. Literally: 'rather than a Buddha you don't know, a familiar ogre'.

• 新あたらしい上じょう司しは厳きびしいけど、知しらぬ仏ほとけより馴な染じみの鬼おにというし、今いまのままでいいかな。

  The new boss is strict, but as they say, better the devil you know than the devil you don't, so maybe I'm fine with the current situation.