last resort »
The only remaining, unwanted, option or choice.
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mess up »
To make unwanted mistakes in a given task, usually through distraction or obnoxious behavior.
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rat run »
A small road that people venture down when they want to sneak off the motorway and take a short cut.
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shy bairns get nowt »
If you're too shy, or don't ask, you will not get what you want.A' forgot te ask hor for me money back!Wye, shy bairns get nowt
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slop bowl »
One of the four components of the traditional tea set. Tea drinkers emptied their unwanted, cold tea into the slop bowl before refilling their cups with fresh, hot tea.
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spoil the ship for a hap'orth of tar »
To have something important fail for want of a small amount of money or effort.
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take liberties »
To behave disrespectfully, especially to make unwanted sexual advances.
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talk someone's ear off »
To talk excessively or far more than is wanted or appreciated.
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thanks for nothing »
Expression of displeasure towards a person who has not provided what was wanted.
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that's the way life is »
That is the way things happenCertain things cannot be changed, helped or improved; struggle and objection are pointless.1935, Louis Bromfield, The Man Who Had Everything [1], page 279:That's the way life is, and there's no use trying to go against it.1979, Jay Edward Abrams, A Theology of Christian Counseling: More Than Redemption [2], ISBN 0310511011, page 45:There are no standards, no values; that's the way life is. Learn to accept it and slide with it. Stop fighting it.2002, B. Eugene Ellison, Rings of the Templars, ISBN 059524050X, page 337:Shit happens; that's the way life is. In fact, I want you to take an additional thousand for your efforts.
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until hell freezes over »
Forever; One will never in their life get the results that they want, no matter what they're doing involving the situation.
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waste not, want not »
If one is not wasteful then one will not be needy.
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weed out »
To remove unwanted elements from a group.
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white elephant »
An ornament etc that is unwanted or is a financial burden; an unprofitable investment.
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you can't always get what you want »
It is not always possible to get what is wanted.
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