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some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you

some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you proverb: one cannot always overcome a powerful adversary.

Proverb

some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you

  1. One cannot always overcome a powerful adversary.

Questions about some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you

What does some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you mean?
Some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you means one cannot always overcome a powerful adversary.
What part of speech is some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you?
Some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you is a proverb.

Words near some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you in the dictionary

  1. Somdomites
  2. some
  3. some body
  4. some day
  5. some days you eat the bear and some days the bear eats you
  6. some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you
  7. some few
  8. some kind of
  9. some kinda
  10. some little matter
  11. some more

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