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My mom had a list of these. She used it as, "well ponder that, but it's not going to change.' She also said: "go sew buttons on your underwear" - what your doing is just about as useless "and, if horses were wishes, beggars would ride" - stop wishing and just do it
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'deal' itself seems to have a different meaning depending on the country In the USA it seems to mean 'cope' or put up with. In Australia / UK it means do something about it.
I'm not sure that's the regional split. I'm in the UK, and hear it being using in both senses: "You should deal with it / I'll deal with it" - do something to solve the problem "Yeah, deal with it!" - dismissively, put up with it I don't know if the latter came from the American usage, but I certainly hear it used.
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I’m from Ireland and always thought it meant “tough luck, deal with it”
'deal' itself seems to have a different meaning depending on the country In the USA it seems to mean 'cope' or put up with. In Australia / UK it means do something about it.
> The colloquial phrase put that in your pipe and smoke it and its variants mean accept or put up with what has been said or done, even if it is unwelcome. Interesting. I always gave it a more sinister meaning along the lines of “eat that”. This is definitely more neutral.
Where I grew up in England it was the polite version of "well you can just shove it up your arse". Maybe the meaning has moved on because "smoke" as meaning consider has been lost, or perhaps it was a local variation. Just checked with my partner, they're from half the country away from where I'm from and they agree.
That's the meaning I'm familiar with in the US. Jonathan Coulton's song Not About You [also American] makes it quite explicit that those two phrases in particular are synonymous.
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I’m from Ireland and always thought it meant “tough luck, deal with it”
'deal' itself seems to have a different meaning depending on the country In the USA it seems to mean 'cope' or put up with. In Australia / UK it means do something about it.
As other comments have pointed out, there is no difference in meaning by country. Both meanings exist, and which one is being used is determined by context.
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'deal' itself seems to have a different meaning depending on the country In the USA it seems to mean 'cope' or put up with. In Australia / UK it means do something about it.
It's even weirder than that. With an unspecified subject "deal with it", it does mean "put up with" or abide. However, if your boss told you that "We haven't been paid yet; deal with it!", odds are good that you're expected to be on the phone or otherwise chasing down the tardy clients.
My mom had a list of these. She used it as, "well ponder that, but it's not going to change.' She also said: "go sew buttons on your underwear" - what your doing is just about as useless "and, if horses were wishes, beggars would ride" - stop wishing and just do it
I know the saying, but I just see it as expressing "wishing won't make something happen". No implication that you should, or even could, actually do anything to realize your wish.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’m from Ireland and always thought it meant “tough luck, deal with it”
'deal' itself seems to have a different meaning depending on the country In the USA it seems to mean 'cope' or put up with. In Australia / UK it means do something about it.
My mom had a list of these. She used it as, "well ponder that, but it's not going to change.' She also said: "go sew buttons on your underwear" - what your doing is just about as useless "and, if horses were wishes, beggars would ride" - stop wishing and just do it
She also referred to improper fractions as “big top” or Dolly Parton “because she’s big up top, you know what I mean?”
Yes Mrs. Covington, we did :-)
This will always bring up http://sinatrarb.com/ in my mind, now.