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you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegarIt's easier to persuade others with polite requests and a positive attitude than with rude demands and negativity.Rate it:
you can hang your hat on thatIt's something to put faith in, to rely upon or trust (when used in a positive connotation).Rate it:
you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drinkYou can give someone knowledge, advice or an opportunity or try to make something easy for them, but you can’t force them to believe it, act on it, or benefit from itRate it:
you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drinkYou can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.Rate it:
you can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pigYou can try to change something or one's outward appearance, but it will not change the inward appearance. Even if you put lipstick on a pig, it will always roll in mud and grunt.Rate it:
you can run but one can't hideThere is nothing someone can do to evade something.You can run but you can't hide.Rate it:
you can say that againThat is very true.Rate it:
you can't make this stuff upThe reality is so bizarre, ironic, or comically coincidental as to be unbelievable.Rate it:
you can't squeeze blood out of a turnipyou can't force a situation when there is no possibility of successRate it:
you can't always get what you wantIt is not always possible to get what is wanted.Rate it:
you can't be half pregnantSaid of an either-or situation; there are only two available choices.Rate it:
you can't educate porkWhen somebody won't listen to reason.Rate it:
you can't fight city hall(chiefly US) Nothing can be done to change the situation, because it is a governmental decision.I see they're going to build the airport after all. I suppose you can't fight city hall.Rate it:
you can't get a quart into a pint potWhat is being discussed is not possible.They've asked me to get to New York by five o'clock, but you can't get a quart into a pint pot!Rate it:
you can't judge a book by its coverIt is not possible to make reliable judgments about things or people by considering external appearances alone.Rate it:
you can't keep a good man downA person who has talent, resolve, or moral strength will eventually succeed despite having been overlooked, injured, or defeated.Rate it:
you can't make a silk purse of a sow's earIt is not possible to produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.Rate it:
you can't make an omelette without breaking eggsIn order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that something should be destroyed.Rate it:
you can't polish a turd(vulgar) Something inherently bad cannot be improved.Rate it:
you can't put a wise head on young shouldersAlternative form of you can't put an old head on young shoulders.Rate it:
you can't put an old head on young shouldersYoung people inevitably lack the experience and wisdom which come with age.Rate it:
you can't run with the hare and hunt with the houndsYou can't have it both ways.Rate it:
you can't say fairer than thatThat is good, reasonable, or fair; one cannot hope for a better decision or outcome.Rate it:
you can't step in the same river twiceIt is not possible to repeat past experiences, as time changes all things.Rate it:
you can't take it with youIt is not possible to take one's material wealth to whatever world may await one after death.1900, E. Phillips Oppenheim, A Millionaire of Yesterday, ch. 6:"The clause whichRate it:
you can't teach an old dog new tricksIt is impossible, or almost impossible, to change people's habits or traits or mindset.Rate it:
You Can't Teach an Old Dog New TricksMaking people change their habits or adjusting to new skills is impossible, It is very hard to make people change their waysRate it:
you can't tell a book by its coverAlternative form of you can't judge a book by its cover.Rate it:
you can't unring a bellSome things can't be undone.Rate it:
you can't walk on iceOne cannot except to go onto the battlefield, without all of your equipmentRate it:
you can't win if you don't playUnless or until you don't play , you cannot win .Rate it:
you could have fooled meWhat you now tell me is true I thought was false, or I nonetheless think is false; I don't believe you.Rate it:
you crack me up.One that makes someone else to laugh.Rate it:
you did it! congratulations!Used informally to deliver a sense of accomplishment to a person on their great achievement.Rate it:
you do youDo whatever you desire to do; be yourself.Rate it:
you do you, booBe yourselfRate it:
you don't know shit from shinola1. Like calling someone ignorant 2. Often said in reference to something specific, the person saying this phrase is expressing that they don't think the subject of their complaint knows what they are talking about, or doesn't know what they are doing or that they don't know anything at all 3. Same as the phrase: "You don't know your ass from a hole in the ground"Rate it:
you don't dip your pen in company inkOne should avoid romantic relationships in the workplace.Rate it:
you don't dip your pen in the company inkwellAlternative form of you don't dip your pen in company inkRate it:
you don't dip your pen in the company's inkAlternative form of you don't dip your pen in company ink.Rate it:
you don't dip your pen in the inkwellAlternative form of you don't dip your pen in company ink.Rate it:
you don't know beans aboutYou Don't Have Any Idea About? Doing a task, performing a certain choreRate it:
you don't know what you've got 'til it's goneA commonly used phrase to acknowledge the irony of taking something or someone for granted and only appreciating it/them once you don't have it/them any longer.Rate it:
you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blowsYou don't need an expert to tell you what you already know.Rate it:
you don't sayreally?; no kidding!; is that so? sometimes used sarcastically in response to the obviousRate it:
you donkeyYou silly personRate it:
you drained me dryYour incessant and extended discussion, queries and theories have been so exuberant that I am exhausted.Rate it:
you feel me?Internet shorthand for "you understand me?"Rate it:
you galsYou (plural).Rate it:
you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word aloneIt is advantageous not to rely solely on being nice.Rate it:

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