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anything for a quiet life

anything for a quiet life phrase: said when reluctantly acceding to a demand in order to stop being pestered about it.

Phrase

anything for a quiet life

  1. Said when reluctantly acceding to a demand in order to stop being pestered about it.
    • 'I perceive,' said John. 'Well, I saw I was in for it, and had nothing for it but to go through with it. Anything for a quiet life.'1895, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Heartsease: Or, The Brother's Wife, page 7
    • The king lives like any other landowner, on the produce of his own plantation, and the rent which his poor relations pay him in kind. Occasionally, when these fail him, he suggests how becoming it would be in his people if they were to bring him an offering of food, or even money, and they, mindful...1902, Basil Home Thomson, Savage Island, Chapter 3

Questions about anything for a quiet life

What does anything for a quiet life mean?
Anything for a quiet life means said when reluctantly acceding to a demand in order to stop being pestered about it.
What part of speech is anything for a quiet life?
Anything for a quiet life is a phrase.

Words near anything for a quiet life in the dictionary

  1. anythang
  2. anythin'
  3. anything
  4. anything but
  5. anything else
  6. anything for a quiet life
  7. anything goes
  8. anything that moves
  9. anythingarian
  10. anythingarianism
  11. anythingarians

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