"you have to choose one or the other; cannot have your cake..." When children are allowed to make choices, they learn that they can't have it both ways.
cut both/two ways
be capable of having two opposite effects My decision to complain to our boss could cut two ways and cause him to be pleased as well as angry at me.
drop by the wayside
give up or fail before the finish Many runners dropped by the wayside as the marathon continued.
fall by the wayside
give up or fail before the finish He had a good chance of winning the competition but he fell by the wayside near the end.
grass is always greener on the other side
a place that is far away or different seems better than where we are now He realized that the grass is always greener on the other side when he saw that his new job wasn
have it both ways
do two things, have both things You can
set in her ways
having old habits, not able to change easily After living alone for fifty years, Florence was set in her ways.
the customer is always right
satisfy the customer, agree with the customer Now let's discuss an old saying: The Customer's Always Right.
there are no two ways about it
there is no alternative His boss told him that there are no two ways about it and he will have to change his habits or he will be fired.
there's no two ways about it
"there is only one answer; cannot have two meanings" We have to get you on that plane. There's no two ways about it.
aneeways
whatever you say; it doesn't matter
sideways
see you!
ways and means
Idiom(s): ways and means
Theme: MONEY
eferring to the raising of money to pay for something. (Typically refers to a government committee or a committee of some organization charged with raising money. Fixed order.) • The suggestion was referred to the ways and means committee for discussion at the next meeting. • The proposed legislation is stalled in ways and means.
set in one's ways
Idiom(s): set in one's ways
Theme: LIFESTYLE
leading a fixed lifestyle; living according to one's own established patterns. • At her age, she's getting sort of set in her ways. • If you weren't so set in your ways, you'd be able to understand young people better.
parting of the ways
Idiom(s): parting of the ways
Theme: SEPARATION
a point at which people separate and go their own ways. (Often with come to a, arrive at a, reach a, etc.) • Jane and Bob finally came to a parting of the ways. • Bill and his parents reached a parting of the ways.
no two ways about it
Idiom(s): no two ways about it
Theme: NEGATION
no choice about it; no other interpretation of it. (Folksy. Note the form there's rather than there are.) • You have to go to the doctor whether you like it or not. There's no two ways about it. • This letter means you're in trouble with the tax people. There's no two ways about it.
mend one's ways
Idiom(s): mend one's ways
Theme: BEHAVIOR - IMPROVEMENT
to improve one's behavior. • John used to be very wild, but he's mended his ways. • You'll have to mend your ways if you go out with Mary She hates people to be late.
highways and byways
Idiom(s): highways and byways
Theme: TRAVEL
[all the] roads; the major and minor roads and routes. (Fixed order.) • I hope I meet you again some day on life's highways and byways. • The city council voted to plant new trees along all the highways and byways of the town.
cut both ways
Idiom(s): cut both ways
Theme: BALANCE
to affect both sides of an issue equally. • Remember that your suggestion that costs should be shared cuts both ways. You will have to pay as well. • If our side cannot take along supporters to the game, then yours cannot either. The rule has to cut both ways.
get a word in edgeways
Idiom(s): get a word in edgewise AND get a word in edgeways
Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL
to manage to say something when other people are talking and ignoring you. (Often in the negative.) • It was such an exciting conversation that I could hardly get a word in edgewise. • Mary talks so fast that nobody can get a word in edgeways.
It is always darkest before the dawn
The most difficult time is just before a problem is solved.
Always a bridesmaid, never a bride
If someone is always a bridesmaid, never a bride, they never manage to fulfill their ambition- they get close, but never manage the recognition, etc, they crave.
Bad workers always blame their tools
"A bad worker always blames their tools" - If somebody does a job badly or loses in a game and claims that they were let down by their equipment, you can use this to imply that this was not the case.
The grass is always greener
This idiom means that what other people have or do looks preferable to our life. The complete phrase is 'The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence'.
The Mountie always gets his man
(Canada) The Mounties are the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and they have a reputation for catching criminals they are after.
There are many ways to skin a cat
This is an expression meaning there are many different ways of doing the same thing.
Fixed In Your Ways
Not willing or wanting to change from your normal way of doing something.
to get a word in edgeways
to try to contribute to a conversation: "They were talking so fast it was impossible to get a word in edgeways!"
cut both ways|both ways|cut|cut two ways|two ways
v. phr. To have two effects; cause injury to both sides. People who gossip find it cuts both ways.
fall by the wayside|drop|drop by the wayside|fall|
v. phr. To give up or fail before the finish. The boys tried to make a 50-mile hike, but most of them fell by the wayside.George, Harry, and John entered college to become teachers, but Harry and John fell by the wayside, and only George graduated.
get a word in edgeways|edgeways|get|get a word|wor
v. phr. To find a chance to say something when others are talking. The little boy listened to the older students and finally got in a word.Mary talked so much that Jack couldn't get a word in edgewise.
grass is always greener on the other side of the h
We are often not satisfied and want to be somewhere else; a place that is far away or different seems better than where we are. John is always changing his job because the grass always looks greener to him on the other side of the fence.
mend one's ways|mend|way|ways
v. phr. To reform; change one's behavior from negative to positive. He had better mend his ways or he'll wind up in jail.
no two ways about it|two ways
n. phr. No other choice; no alternative. The boss said there were no two ways about it; we would all have to work late to finish the job.
parting of the ways|part|parting|ways
n. phr. 1. The point where a road or path divides; a fork. They stood undecided at a parting of the ways, where a forest path forked. 2. A time or place where a choice must be made; a deciding point. He had come to a parting of the ways: he had to choose the high school courses that would prepare him for college, or the courses that would prepare him for business.
set in one's ways|set
adj. phr. Stubborn; opinionated; unchangeable. My grandfather is so old and set in his ways that he'll eat nothing new.
ways and means|means|ways
n. plural Methods of getting something done or getting money; how something can be done and paid for. The boys were trying to think of ways and means to go camping for the weekend.The United States Senate has a committee on ways and means.
grass is always greener on the other side, the
grass is always greener on the other side, the A different situation always seems better than one's own. For example, Bob always thinks the grass is greener elsewhere, which accounts for his constant job changes. This expression, an ancient proverb cited by Erasmus in the 15th century, is so well known that it is often shortened.
look sideways at
look sideways at Glance at suspiciously or amorously, as in I'm sure the detective was looking sideways at me, and it made me very nervous, or They were looking sideways at each other, and I don't think it was innocent. [Mid-1800s] Also see look askance.
set in one's ways, be
set in one's ways, be Be inflexible, fixed in one's habits, as in She's too set in her ways to go out and buy a dog. This idiom uses set in the sense of “in a rigid position,” a usage dating from about 1300.
If addition is consistently a bridesmaid, never a bride, they never administer to accomplish their ambition- they get close, but never administer the recognition, etc, they crave.
aneeways
whatever you say; it doesn't matter
Bad workers consistently accusation their tools
"A bad artisan consistently blames their tools" - If somebody does a job abominably or loses in a bold and claims that they were let down by their equipment, you can use this to betoken that this was not the case.
can't accept it both ways
"you accept to accept one or the other; cannot accept your cake..." Back accouchement are accustomed to accomplish choices, they apprentice that they can't accept it both ways.
cut both ways
Idiom(s): cut both ways
Theme: BALANCE
to affect both abandon of an affair equally. • Remember that your advancement that costs should be aggregate cuts both ways. You will accept to pay as well. • If our ancillary cannot booty forth supporters to the game, afresh castigation cannot either. The aphorism has to cut both ways.
cut both ways|both ways|cut|cut two ways|two ways
v. phr. To accept two effects; account abrasion to both sides. People who account acquisition it cuts both ways.
cut both/two ways
be able of accepting two adverse furnishings My accommodation to accuse to our bang-up could cut two agency and account him to be admiring as able-bodied as affronted at me.
drop by the wayside
give up or abort afore the accomplishment Abounding runners abandoned by the wayside as the chase continued.
fall by the wayside
give up or abort afore the accomplishment He had a acceptable adventitious of acceptable the antagonism but he fell by the wayside abreast the end.
fall by the wayside|drop|drop by the wayside|fall|
v. phr. To accord up or abort afore the finish. The boys approved to accomplish a 50-mile hike, but best of them fell by the wayside.George, Harry, and John entered academy to become teachers, but Harry and John fell by the wayside, and abandoned George graduated.
Fixed In Your Ways
Not accommodating or absent to change from your accustomed way of accomplishing something.
get a chat in edgeways
Idiom(s): get a chat in edgewise AND get a chat in edgeways
Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL
to administer to say article back added bodies are talking and blank you. (Often in the negative.) • It was such an agitative chat that I could hardly get a chat in edgewise. • Mary talks so fast that cipher can get a chat in edgeways.
get a chat in edgeways|edgeways|get|get a word|wor
v. phr. To acquisition a adventitious to say article back others are talking. The little boy listened to the earlier acceptance and assuredly got in a word.Mary talked so abundant that Jack couldn't get a chat in edgewise.
grass is consistently greener on the added side
a abode that is far abroad or altered seems bigger than area we are now He accomplished that the grass is consistently greener on the added ancillary back he saw that his new job wasn
grass is consistently greener on the added ancillary of the h
We are generally not annoyed and appetite to be about else; a abode that is far abroad or altered seems bigger than area we are. John is consistently alteration his job because the grass consistently looks greener to him on the added ancillary of the fence.
grass is consistently greener on the added side, the
grass is consistently greener on the added side, the A altered bearings consistently seems bigger than one's own. For example, Bob consistently thinks the grass is greener elsewhere, which accounts for his connected job changes. This expression, an age-old adage cited by Erasmus in the 15th century, is so able-bodied accepted that it is generally shortened.
have it both ways
do two things, accept both things You can
highways and byways
Idiom(s): highways and byways
Theme: TRAVEL
[all the] roads; the above and accessory anchorage and routes. (Fixed order.) • I achievement I accommodated you afresh some day on life's highways and byways. • The burghal board voted to bulb new copse forth all the highways and byways of the town.
It is consistently darkest afore the dawn
The best difficult time is aloof afore a botheration is solved.
look alongside at
look alongside at Glance at cautiously or amorously, as in I'm abiding the detective was attractive alongside at me, and it fabricated me actual nervous, or They were attractive alongside at anniversary other, and I don't anticipate it was innocent. [Mid-1800s] Also see look askance.
mend one's ways
Idiom(s): mend one's ways
Theme: BEHAVIOR - IMPROVEMENT
to advance one's behavior. • John acclimated to be actual wild, but he's mended his ways. • You'll accept to mend your agency if you go out with Mary She hates bodies to be late.
mend one's ways|mend|way|ways
v. phr. To reform; change one's behavior from abrogating to positive. He had bigger mend his agency or he'll wind up in jail.
no two agency about it
Idiom(s): no two agency about it
Theme: NEGATION
no best about it; no added estimation of it. (Folksy. Note the anatomy there's rather than there are.) • You accept to go to the doctor whether you like it or not. There's no two agency about it. • This letter agency you're in agitation with the tax people. There's no two agency about it.
no two agency about it|two ways
n. phr. No added choice; no alternative. The bang-up said there were no two agency about it; we would all accept to assignment backward to accomplishment the job.
parting of the ways
Idiom(s): parting of the ways
Theme: SEPARATION
a point at which bodies abstracted and go their own ways. (Often with appear to a, access at a, ability a, etc.) • Jane and Bob assuredly came to a departing of the ways. • Bill and his parents accomplished a departing of the ways.
parting of the ways|part|parting|ways
n. phr. 1. The point area a alley or aisle divides; a fork. They stood ambivalent at a departing of the ways, area a backwoods aisle forked. 2. A time or abode area a best charge be made; a chief point. He had appear to a departing of the ways: he had to accept the aerial academy courses that would adapt him for college, or the courses that would adapt him for business.
set in her ways
having old habits, not able to change calmly Afterwards active abandoned for fifty years, Florence was set in her ways.
set in one's ways
Idiom(s): set in one's ways
Theme: LIFESTYLE
leading a anchored lifestyle; active according to one's own accustomed patterns. • At her age, she's accepting array of set in her ways. • If you weren't so set in your ways, you'd be able to accept adolescent bodies better.
set in one's ways, be
set in one's ways, be Be inflexible, anchored in one's habits, as in She's too set in her agency to go out and buy a dog. This argot uses set in the faculty of “in a adamant position,” a acceptance dating from about 1300.
set in one's ways|set
adj. phr. Stubborn; opinionated; unchangeable. My grandfathering is so old and set in his agency that he'll eat annihilation new.
sideways
see you!
the chump is consistently right
satisfy the customer, accede with the chump Now let's altercate an old saying: The Customer's Consistently Right.
The grass is consistently greener
This argot agency that what added bodies accept or do looks bigger to our life. The complete byword is 'The grass is consistently greener on the added ancillary of the fence'.
The Mountie consistently gets his man
(Canada) The Mounties are the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and they accept a acceptability for communicable abyss they are after.
There are abounding agency to bark a cat
This is an announcement acceptation there are abounding altered agency of accomplishing the aforementioned thing.
there are no two agency about it
there is no another His bang-up told him that there are no two agency about it and he will accept to change his habits or he will be fired.
there's no two agency about it
"there is abandoned one answer; cannot accept two meanings" We accept to get you on that plane. There's no two agency about it.
to get a chat in edgeways
to try to accord to a conversation: "They were talking so fast it was absurd to get a chat in edgeways!"
eferring to the adopting of money to pay for something. (Typically refers to a government board or a board of some alignment answerable with adopting money. Anchored order.) • The advancement was referred to the agency and agency board for altercation at the abutting meeting. • The proposed legislation is adjourned in agency and means.
ways and means|means|ways
n. plural Methods of accepting article done or accepting money; how article can be done and paid for. The boys were aggravating to anticipate of agency and agency to go camping for the weekend.The United States Senate has a board on agency and means.
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