Same as "you should", though it can be use for any subject (I, he, she, we, it, they). Implies advice or warning. Common in the southern US, this phrase has been shortened down from:
You would be better off if you...
You would be better to ...
You'd be better...
You'd better...
You better...
Sometimes as a threat, a person will mistakingly say "you had better...", but the uncontracted version is "would" not "had".
You would be better off if you...
You would be better to ...
You'd be better...
You'd better...
You better...
Sometimes as a threat, a person will mistakingly say "you had better...", but the uncontracted version is "would" not "had".
You better get started on that paper if it's gonna be done by Monday.
You better be in this house when the street lights come on.
You better put them trash cans up on the porch, so's the dogs ain't gettin in 'em.
You better be in this house when the street lights come on.
You better put them trash cans up on the porch, so's the dogs ain't gettin in 'em.
by Coell March 22, 2006
Same as "you should", though it can be use for any subject (I, he, she, we, it, they). Implies advice or warning. Common in the southern US, this phrase has been shortened down from:
You would be better off if you...
You would be better to ...
You'd be better...
You'd better...
You better...
Sometimes as a threat, a person will mistakingly say "you had better...", but the correct uncontracted version is "would" not "had".
You would be better off if you...
You would be better to ...
You'd be better...
You'd better...
You better...
Sometimes as a threat, a person will mistakingly say "you had better...", but the correct uncontracted version is "would" not "had".
You better get started on that paper if it's gonna be done by Monday.
You better be in this house when the street lights come on.
You better put them trash cans up on the porch, so's the dogs ain't gettin in 'em.
You better be in this house when the street lights come on.
You better put them trash cans up on the porch, so's the dogs ain't gettin in 'em.
by Coell March 16, 2006
In Texas Hold 'Em Poker, the lowest pair of cards. Usually only relevant when nobody else has made a hand, but the lowest card on the board makes one pair for you.
by Coell May 13, 2005
by Coell May 13, 2005
Silly way of relating the quantity or frequency of something in terms of whether you would hit one if you swung a dead cat.
by Coell September 07, 2005