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• What someone says goes. — What (someone) says goes. informal something that you say in order to tell someone which person in a group makes the final decisions about what happens. Maria s the team leader and what she says goes …   New idioms dictionary

• what someone says goes — phrase used for emphasizing that a particular person has the power to decide what happens in a situation Around here, what he says goes. Thesaurus: being in chargesynonym Main entry: say …   Useful english dictionary

• what somebody says, goes — what/whatever sb says, ˈgoes idiom (informal, often humorous) a particular person must be obeyed • Sarah wanted the kitchen painted green, and what she says, goes. Main entry: ↑sayidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• what Manchester says today, the rest of England says tomorrow — The proverb occurs in a variety of forms. Quot. 1902 sets it in its historical context: the Corn Law, restricting the importation of foreign corn, was abolished in 1846, and Manchester (formerly part of Lancashire), considered the home of free… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• what everybody says must be true — a 1400 Legends of Saints (STS) III. 105 For I fynd suthfastnes [truth], that al men sais, is nocht les [lies]. c 1475 in Modern Philology (1940) XXXVIII. 118 Hit ys cominly truye that all men sayth. c 1518 A. BARCLAY tr. Mancinus’ Mirror of Good… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• what someone says goes — used for emphasizing that a particular person has the power to decide what happens in a situation Around here, what he says goes …   English dictionary

• Does exactly what it says on the tin — It does exactly what it says on the tin was originally an advertising slogan in the United Kingdom, which then became a common idiomatic phrase.[1][2] It colloquially means anything that is as it appears or claims to be without further… …   Wikipedia

• (it) does (exactly) what it says on the tin — (it) does (eˌxactly) what it says on the ˈtin idiom (informal, saying) used to say that sth is as good or effective as it claims to be, or that it really does what it claims to do. This expression is especially used when you are comparing… …   Useful english dictionary

• What Where — is Samuel Beckett s last play produced following a request for a new work for the 1983 Autumn Festival in Graz, Austria. It was written between February and March 1983 initially in French as Quoi où and translated by Beckett himself. ynopsisThe… …   Wikipedia

• What says goes. — What (someone) says goes. informal something that you say in order to tell someone which person in a group makes the final decisions about what happens. Maria s the team leader and what she says goes …   New idioms dictionary

• what — /wɒt / (say wot) pronoun (interrogative) 1. (used to ask for the specifying of some impersonal thing): what is your name? what did he do? 2. (used to inquire as to the nature, character, class, origin, etc., of a thing or person): what is that… …