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if can help it

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(not) if you can help it

when you are able to prevent it No one sails at this time of year if they can help it.

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if a day
If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing well
if all else fails
If anything can go wrong, it will
if anything should happen
If at first you don't succeed
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again
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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

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If at first you don't succeed
If At First You Don't Succeed, Try Try Again
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If Beale Street Could Talk

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