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Beggars can't be choosers

  1. People who depend on the generosity of others are in no position to dictate what others give them.


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Idioms and Phrases

Those in dire need must be content with what they get. For example, The cheapest model will have to do—beggars can't be choosers . This expression was familiar enough to be included in John Heywood's 1546 collection of proverbs.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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