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can't have it both ways

"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.

the absurdity of (one's) ways

What has been wrong, hurtful, or arbitrary about one's behavior or way of life. He'll never see the absurdity of his means if he keeps actuality adored for the bad decisions he's made. I'm abashed it took me too continued to apprehend the absurdity of my ways. But it's not too backward for you.Learn more: error, of, way

the ˌerror of your ˈways

(formal or humorous) what is amiss and should be afflicted about the affectionate of activity you are leading: While he was in prison, a amusing artisan visited him in an attack to accomplish him see the absurdity of his ways.Learn more: error, of, way

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there are no two ways about it there are two sides to every story there's a catch to it there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip there's more than meets the eye there's more than one way to skin a cat there's no love lost there's no tomorrow there's no two ways about it there's not much to choose between them there's nothing to it there's one born every minute there's something fishy there's something rotten in the state of Denmark There, there. there you go these parts the eighth wonder of the world the eighty-eight the elephant in the corner the elephant in the room the elevator doesn't go all the way to the top the eleventh hour the Elysian Fields the emperor's new clothes the empty nest the end the end justifies the means the end of (one's) rope the end of (one's) tether the end of civilization as we know it the end of the ball game the end of the line the end of the rainbow the end of the road the end of the road/line the end of the world the end of the world as we know it the ends of the earth the enemy of my enemy is my friend the enemy of your enemy is your friend the error of (one's) ways the error of your ways the eternal checkout the Eternal City the evil eye the evil hour/day/moment the evil moment/hour/day the evil one the exception proves the rule the exception that proves the rule the eye is bigger than the belly the eye of a needle the eye of the hurricane the eye of the storm the eyes are the windows of the soul the fact of the matter the fact/truth of the matter the facts of life the facts speak for themselves the fag-end of (something) the faint of heart the fair(er) sex the family jewels the family that prays together stays together the far side the fast lane the fast track