| 单词 | you pays your money and you takes your choice |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyou pays your money and you takes your choice h. you pays your money and you takes your choice: the choice is entirely your own responsibility.The nonstandard grammar of pays and takes in the usual form of this saying is perhaps in imitation of the speech of showmen, stallholders, etc., but standard grammar is also found. ΚΠ 1845 C. Lever Let. in L. Stevenson Dr. Quicksilver (1939) ix. 149 You have paid your money, and you may take your choice.] 1846 Punch 3 Jan. 17 (caption) ‘Which is the Prime Minister?’.. ‘You pays your money, and you takes your choice.’ 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxviii. 249 Here's your two sets o'heirs to old Peter Wilks—and you pays your money and you takes your choice! 1892 R. Kipling Lett. of Trav. (1920) 87 You pay your money and, more or less, you take your choice. 1904 V. S. Lean Collectanea IV. 205 You pays your money and you takes your choice. You pays your money and what you sees is A cow or a donkey just as you pleases. 1965 Times 14 July 8/4 In the Government today were known supporters of C.N.D. Why? Because the Prime Minister put them there. Why? Because he shared their views? Because it was expedient to do so? Because he was practising some duplicity? Why? ‘You pays your money and you takes your choice.’ 1984 ‘C. Aird’ Harm's Way xvi ‘Penny plain or twopence coloured?’ he said. ‘You pays your money and you takes your choice.’ 1997 Face June 134/2 You pays your money, takes your choice, and you select your brand. < as lemmas |
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