must) be no choosers

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• beggars can't be choosers — beggars can’t be choosers informal phrase used for saying that you have to accept anything that is offered to you, usually because you have no money or power Thesaurus: describing and relating to choices and choosinghyponym to choose someone or… …   Useful english dictionary

• beggars can’t be choosers — The substitution of can’t for must not is a recent development. Cf. mid 15th cent. Fr. qui empruncte ne peult choisir, he who borrows cannot choose. 1546 J. HEYWOOD Dialogue of Proverbs I. X. D1 Folke say alwaie, beggers shulde be no choosers.… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• beggars can't be choosers — People who can not choose what they will have, must accept what they get; if you are not in control, you must take what you can gel. * /We wanted to leave on the train in the morning but it doesn t go until afternoon, so we must go then. Beggars… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• beggars can't be choosers — People who can not choose what they will have, must accept what they get; if you are not in control, you must take what you can gel. * /We wanted to leave on the train in the morning but it doesn t go until afternoon, so we must go then. Beggars… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• beggars\ can't\ be\ choosers — People who can not choose what they will have, must accept what they get; if you are not in control, you must take what you can gel. We wanted to leave on the train in the morning but it doesn t go until afternoon, so we must go then. Beggars can …   Словарь американских идиом

• Beggars and Choosers (novel) — infobox Book | name = Beggars and Choosers title orig = translator = image caption = author = Nancy Kress illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Sleepless series genre = Science fiction novel publisher =… …   Wikipedia

• beggars can't be choosers —    This idiom means that people who are in great need must accept any help that is offered, even if it is not a complete solution to their problems.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    This expression means that you should not reject an offer …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Beggars can't be choosers. — something that you say which means when you cannot have exactly what you want, you must accept whatever you can get. I would have preferred a house of my own rather than sharing but I suppose beggars can t be choosers …   New idioms dictionary

• beggars can't be choosers — This idiom means that people who are in great need must accept any help that is offered, even if it is not a complete solution to their problems …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• beggars can't be choosers — ► beggars can t be choosers proverb people with no other options must be content with what is offered. Main Entry: ↑beggar …   English terms dictionary

• Bettler — 1. Am Tag ein Bettler, zu Nachts ein Dieb. – Sailer, 199; Simrock, 1032. 2. An ringen Bedler, thiar egh ian dör amgungkân. (Nordfries.) – Firmenich, III, 5, 65. Ein schlechter Bettler, der nicht eine Thür umgehen, meiden kann. 3. Au der mis… …   Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon