Beggars can't be choosers

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Beggars can't be choosers.

Prov. If someone gives you something you asked for, you should not complain about what you get. I asked Joe to lend me his bicycle, and he sent me this old, rusty one. But beggars can't be choosers. Jill: Let me wear your green dress; I don't like the blue one you lent me. Jane: Beggars can't be choosers.

See also: Beggar

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BEGGARS can't be choosers, so the SFA should eat humble pie and invite banned pair Barry Ferguson and Allan McGregor back into the international fold. KATE NEEDS BRAIN FOOD; pounds 20 letter by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) However, I suspect that there will be plenty of wildflowers (other people call them dandelions and Queen Anne's Lace weeds, but beggars can't be choosers, as they say) to color my yard once the summer slowdown begins and I can actually enjoy the fruits of my spring watering. Soggy spring brings some blooms by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) As for Jimmy, beggars can't be choosers - so why should he care if Nicola is just trying to get her hands on his nest-egg? We love telly: WE LOVE SOAPS by The Mirror (London, England)			beer beer and skittles beer up beeswax before before can say Jack Robinson before could blink before know it before last before long before time before you can say before you can say Jack Robinson before you know it beg beg for beg from beg of beg off beg the question beg to differ beg your pardon beg your pardon, but beggar beggar description Beggars can't be choosers begin begin by doing begin to see daylight begin to see the light begin with beginner's luck beginning beginning of the end beguile beguile into beguile out of beguile with behalf behavior behind behind back behind bars behind closed doors behind in behind schedule behind the eight ball behind the scenes behind the times behind the wheel Behind you!			Beggar-your-neighbor beggared beggared beggared beggared belief beggared belief beggared description beggared description Beggarhood beggaring beggaring beggaring beggaring belief beggaring belief beggaring description beggaring description Beggarism beggarliness beggarliness beggarly beggarly beggarman beggars beggars beggars beggars beggars Beggars Banquet beggars belief beggars belief Beggars can't be choosers beggars description beggars description Beggars of the Sea Beggars Tick Beggars Tick Beggars velvet Beggartick Beggartick Beggarticks beggarweed beggarweed beggarwoman beggary beggary beggary beggary begged begged begged begged begged off begged off begged off Begged the question Begged the question Begged the question begged to differ begged to differ begged yours begged yours

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