Beggars can't be choosers

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Beggars can't be choosers.

something that you say which means when you cannot have exactly what you want, you must accept whatever you can get. I would have preferred a house of my own rather than sharing but I suppose beggars can't be choosers.

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But beggars can't be choosers, and it is invigorating to have consecutive Newbery Honors for Murphy's American Plague and Freedman's Voice That Challenged a Nation (both Clarion) after a nine-year drought. Where Do All the Prizes Go? Thoughts on the state of informational ... by Hunt, Jonathan / The Horn Book Magazine Now a persuasive argument could certainly be made that the federal level is the most appropriate to address a problem like lack of access to health care, but let's face it, we ideological beggars can't be choosers. Wilderness training: America's "progressives" could benefit from a ... by Clarke, Kevin / U.S. Catholic More results

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But beggars can't be choosers, and it is invigorating to have consecutive Newbery Honors for Murphy's American Plague and Freedman's Voice That Challenged a Nation (both Clarion) after a nine-year drought.

Where Do All the Prizes Go? Thoughts on the state of informational ... by Hunt, Jonathan / The Horn Book Magazine

Now a persuasive argument could certainly be made that the federal level is the most appropriate to address a problem like lack of access to health care, but let's face it, we ideological beggars can't be choosers.

Wilderness training: America's "progressives" could benefit from a ... by Clarke, Kevin / U.S. Catholic

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