if it's not one thing, it's another
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› used when bad things keep happening to youExpressions used to describe situations
(Definition of if it's not one thing, it's another from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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if ever there was one idiom
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if I may be/make so bold (as to) idiom
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if I were in your shoes idiom
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if I were you idiom
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if it ain't broke, don't fix it idiom
- if it's not one thing, it's another idiom
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if it/a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing well idiom
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if looks could kill... idiom
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if my memory serves me right idiom
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if noun
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if only idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- (just) one of those things idiom
- a bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush) idiom
- all things being equal idiom
- be in sb's shoes idiom
- be in the same boat idiom
- by the skin of your teeth idiom
- c'est la vie exclamation
- it's a funny old world idiom
- it's a small world idiom
- it's just one of those things idiom
- join the club! idiom
- that's the way the cookie crumbles idiom
- the boot/shoe is on the other foot idiom
- the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence) idiom
- thing noun (IDEA/EVENT)
- wake up and smell the coffee idiom
- way/direction the wind blows idiom
- what's on idiom
- you can't win 'em all idiom
- zero-sum adjective
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