Meaning of "You had better"

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi Alan and Torsten! Please reply to me. … “You had better” means “You should”. Is it so?
thank you
Logician

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thank you Torsten
you had better you had rather the same?
please, answer me
logician

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Hi ,I am also agog to know it .
Many many thanks for your help
Thinker

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Hi,

‘‘it had better’’
for suggestion ‘‘It had better to finish this job’’ ‘‘it is better to finish the job’’

Regards

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Hello Logician

No, they do not mean the same thing.

“Had rather” and “would rather” mean the same thing. These two expressions are used to talk about what someone prefers. I’d say “would rather” is used more often than “had rather”.

“You had better do that” means “You should do that” or “It would be wise for you to do that”.