Meaning:
It’s better to choose the safer option than a riskier one that you may later regret.
Examples:
- Well, I guess she felt better safe than sorry.
- I know, but, you know, better safe than sorry.
- I hope I never need it, but better safe than sorry.
- I believe you call it "better safe than sorry."
- But, uh, you know, better safe than sorry.
- Nothing, really, to worry about, but, still, better safe than sorry.
- Well, you know, better safe than sorry.
- All the same, better safe than sorry, hmm?
- You know what I say, "Better safe than sorry."
- Better safe than sorry, as they say.