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you pays your nickel and you takes your chances

you pays your nickel and you takes your chances is the alternative form of you pays your money and you takes your chances.

Meaning of you pays your money and you takes your chances

Proverb

you pays your money and you takes your chances

  1. There is no guarantee that you will get the result you want.

Questions about you pays your nickel and you takes your chances

What is you pays your nickel and you takes your chances the alternative form of?
You pays your nickel and you takes your chances is the alternative form of you pays your money and you takes your chances.

Words near you pays your nickel and you takes your chances in the dictionary

  1. you only go around once
  2. you only go around once in life
  3. you only live once
  4. you pays your money and you takes your chances
  5. you pays your money and you takes your choice
  6. you pays your nickel and you takes your chances
  7. you pays your nickel and you takes your choice
  8. you people
  9. you problem
  10. you problems
  11. you rang

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Adapted from Wiktionary: you pays your nickel and you takes your chances (page history and authors); you pays your money and you takes your chances (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.

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