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nothing (or nothing else) for itBritish No alternative: there was nothing for it but to follow...- Their car is marooned in fog; there is nothing for it but to wait, and their uneasy banter is interspersed with stylised flashbacks, giving clues not merely to their present situation but to Leo's psychotic state.
- So, anyway, come Monday there's always a small pile of left-over high calorie stuff from the fridge that ought to go in the bin, except there's nothing at all wrong with it and there's nothing for it but to set myself down and eat it up.
- I double checked against the previous few entries, pulled down the calendar to verify, but there was nothing for it, I had to admit to myself that my disjointed day had indeed been a Tuesday.
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