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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 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. See also: Beggar How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. 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. |
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