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sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you

sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you proverb: sometimes you win and sometimes you are defeated; everybody has successes and failures.

Proverb

sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you

  1. (US) Sometimes you win and sometimes you are defeated; everybody has successes and failures.

Forms of sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you

alternative formsome days you eat the bear and some days the bear eats you

Questions about sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you

What does sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you mean?
Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you means sometimes you win and sometimes you are defeated; everybody has successes and failures.
What part of speech is sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you?
Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you is a proverb.

Words near sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you in the dictionary

  1. sometimes
  2. sometimes a cigar is a cigar
  3. sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
  4. sometimes food
  5. sometimes foods
  6. sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you
  7. someting
  8. sometyme
  9. somever
  10. someway
  11. someways

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