what more do you want - jam on it?

UK informal

Definition

› used to say that someone should be grateful for what they have or have been offered, and not demand something better: They've given him a holiday in Italy. What more does he want - jam on it?Ungrateful

(Definition of what more do you want - jam on it? from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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what I wouldn't give for sth idiom
what if? idiom
what is he, are they, etc. like? idiom
what is sb/sth like? idiom
what makes sb tick idiom
what more do you want - jam on it? idiom
what of it? idiom
what predeterminer, determiner (OPINION)
what price...? idiom
what pronoun (THAT WHICH)
what pronoun, exclamation (QUESTION)

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