Know better (than to do something) idiom c2 to be wise or moral enough not to do something:

You should know better than that. If i heard this phrase said in my native langauge i would simply understand that the speaker thinks that i know better than i have said i know, but i wouldn't think that this better. She'll know better than to trust them again. You should know better than that you should know better when you gonna learn, pretty baby when you gonna learn that it all comes back you get burned when you play with fire and you.

You should know better than to start your day like that. ‘you ought to know better than to ask that’. Sure, she's only six, but she's old enough to know better than to run off without us.

You know, that whole phone business. You know better than to talk to strangers! Now, maury, you should know better than to ask a lady her age.

The white dress, you know, the one with the short sleeves 白色連衣裙，你知道的，就是短袖的那件. You should know me better than that, that is referring to how well you appear to know them, and they are saying that they expect you to be more familiar. Definition of know better 1 :

But here we are wrapped up in silence can we sound the alarm both so defiant and don't know where to start i keep colliding with the one i, one i love don't make it so hard for me to stay you. Provided to youtube by universal music group you know me better than that · george strait chill of an early fall ℗ 1991 mca nashville, a division of umg recordings, inc. Vous devriez savoir que ce n'est pas raisonnable pour commencer la journée.

Know better than to (do something) to be aware or capable of better or more intelligent behavior than one has demonstrated. Be wise or polite enough to avoid doing a particular thing. I'm on the phone, you turn your back on me and we're all alone, why is this happening?