you pays your money and you takes your choice
you pays your money and you takes your choice proverb: everyone can make their own individual decisions.
Proverb
you pays your money and you takes your choice
- Everyone can make their own individual decisions.
- You can get there by bus, or train, or taxi. Whatever. You pays your money and you takes your choice.
- Showman. On your right you will perceive a Prime Minister a Bolishing of hisself. And over your left is another Prime Minister a Bolishing of the Corn-Laws. / Master John Bull. But which is the Prime Minister? / Showman. Which ever you please, my little dear. You pays your money, and you takes your...1846, “THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.[cartoon]”, in Punch, page 17
Forms of you pays your money and you takes your choice
| alternative form | you pays your nickel and you takes your choice |
|---|
Questions about you pays your money and you takes your choice
- What does you pays your money and you takes your choice mean?
- You pays your money and you takes your choice means everyone can make their own individual decisions.
- What part of speech is you pays your money and you takes your choice?
- You pays your money and you takes your choice is a proverb.
Words near you pays your money and you takes your choice in the dictionary
- 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
- you problems
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: you pays your money and you takes your choice (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “you pays your money and you takes your choice.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/you_pays_your_money_and_you_takes_your_choice. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.