If the shoe fits

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If the shoe fits(, wear it).

Prov. An unflattering remark applies to you, so you should accept it. (Slightly rude.) Fred: Hey, Jill, how's your love life? Jill: I don't like busy-bodies, Fred. Fred: Are you calling me a busybody? Jane: If the shoe fits, wear it. Ellen: The professor told me I don't write well! Bill: If the shoe fits, Ellen.

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THEATRE: If The Shoe Fits, winner of the Ray Kingsley Award for comedy, centres on the antics of the staff at Twinkle Toes shoe shop, who are on a staff night out. Pick of the day; THE ARTS EDITOR'S PICK OF THE DAY by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard IF THE SHOE FITS . BUZZWORTHY by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) THEATRE: If The Shoe Fits, winner of the Ray Kingsley Award for comedy, centres on the antics of the staff at Twinkle Toes shoe shop, who are on a staff night out. Pick of the day; THE ARTS EDITOR'S PICK OF THE DAY by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			If at first you don't succeed, try, try again if can help it If can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen If frogs had wheels, they wouldn't bump their butts If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times If ifs and ands were pots and pans if it ain't broke, don't fix it If it ain't chickens, it's feathers if it comes to the crunch If it looks like a duck and walks etc. like a duck, it is a duck If it was a snake it woulda bit you if it weren't for if knows what's good for if looks could kill if memory serves If Mohammed will not go to the mountain, the mountain must come to ... if my memory serves me correctly if need be if one knows what's good for one if push comes to shove If that don't beat a pig a-pecking! If that don't beat all! If the cap fits If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the ... If the shoe fits if the truth were known if the worst comes to the worst If there's anything you need, don't hesitate to ask If thinks , 've got another thing coming! If two ride on a horse, one must ride behind If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride if worst comes to worst If you believe that, you'll believe anything! If you can't be good, be careful If you can't beat 'em,! If you can't beat them, join them If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen If you don't like it, lump it If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything If you don't mind! If you don't see what you want, please ask if you get my drift if you know what's good for you If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas if you must If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys If you play with fire, you get burned if you please If you run after two hares, you will catch neither If you want a thing done well, do it yourself			If Not Now, Then When? If Not Now, When If Not Possible if one knows what's good for one If Only If Only You Knew if push comes to shove If Questions, Call if she is a day if she is a day if she is a day if she is a day If so be If someone is arrested and not on probation, can police take blood? IF stage If statement IF Stone If that don't beat a pig a-pecking! If that don't beat all! If That Helps If the cap fits if the cap fits, wear it if the cap fits, wear it if the cap fits, wear it if the cap fits, wear it if the cap fits, wear it if the going gets rough if the going gets tough If the hat fits If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the ... If the shoe fits if the shoe fits, wear it if the shoe fits, wear it if the shoe fits, wear it if the shoe fits, wear it if the shoe fits, wear it if the shoe fits, wear it if the truth were known if the worst comes to the worst If then If then If then If then else If there's anything you need, don't hesitate to ask If Things Were Perfect If thinks , 've got another thing coming! If thinks , 've got another think coming! If this vans a-rocking, don't come a-knocking If this vans a-rocking, don't come a-knocking If Time Allows If Tomorrow Never Comes If True if truth be told if truth be told if truth be told if truth be told if truth be told If two ride on a horse, one must ride behind If U Seek Amy If Unable If Used, Actual Time Used to Count

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