Idiomatic phrase used to introduce one’s opinion or advice on a topic or situation - usually spoken with a guarded degree of modesty, uncertainty, or an expectation that the receiver is not bound to heed the speaker’s words. Interchangeable with the phrase, ‘take it or leave it.’
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- It is believed the phrase entered popular culture following the release of the song -the name of which is worded exactly as the idiom- by Buffalo Springfield in 1966.
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For what it’s worth, I would have thought by now you’d have grown out of sleeping in and showing up late.
Submitted by JokerGem on May 09, 2024
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