you pays your money and you takes your chances
you pays your money and you takes your chances proverb: there is no guarantee that you will get the result you want.
Proverb
you pays your money and you takes your chances
- There is no guarantee that you will get the result you want.
Forms of you pays your money and you takes your chances
| alternative form | you pays your nickel and you takes your chances |
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Origin of you pays your money and you takes your chances
Probably from you pays your money and you takes your choice.
Questions about you pays your money and you takes your chances
- What does you pays your money and you takes your chances mean?
- You pays your money and you takes your chances means there is no guarantee that you will get the result you want.
- What part of speech is you pays your money and you takes your chances?
- You pays your money and you takes your chances is a proverb.
Words near you pays your money and you takes your chances in the dictionary
- you OK
- you only get what you give
- you only go around once
- you only go around once in life
- you only live once
- you pays your money and you takes your chances
- you pays your money and you takes your choice
- you pays your nickel and you takes your chances
- you pays your nickel and you takes your choice
- you people
- you problem
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