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Losing a bet at the casino

  1. Them’s the breaks.
  2. I’ll make the best of it.
  3. Eventually I’m going to have to face the music.
  4. I’ve learned my lesson.
  5. That just goes to show you.
  6. I should have seen that coming a mile away.

Losing a bet at the casino

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Choosing an item from the menu

  1. It’s six of one or half a dozen of the other.
  2. I guess I just can’t have it both ways.
  3. At one point I have to bite the bullet.
  4. At one point you just have to fish or cut bait.

Choosing an item from the menu

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Remembering being lost in the woods

  1. The memory makes my skin crawl.
  2. That was a hair raising experience.
  3. For a while it was touch and go.
  4. It all came down to the wire.
  5. I was in trouble up to my ears.
  6. It was the moment of truth.
  7. It kind of snuck up on me.
  8. Just the memory sends a chill up and down my spine.
  9. There’s a big difference between what I expected and what actually happened.
  10. There was no easy way out.
  11. It seemed like an eternity.
  12. I wasn't counting on it happening the way it did.
  13. The way it turned out was totally unexpected.

Remembering being lost in the woods

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Breaking up with someone

  1. It’s gone with the wind.
  2. It doesn’t matter.
  3. That’s the way it is.
  4. It makes good sense.
  5. Different strokes for different folks.
  6. I’ll just have to learn to live with it.
  7. It was nice while it lasted.
  8. It’s over once and for all.
  9. It’s over and done with.
  10. It’s all the same to me.
  11. It’s a little depressing, but what can I do?
  12. You take the good with the bad.
  13. To each his own.
  14. Her heart is in the right place.
  15. That’s what makes the world go round.
  16. It takes all kinds.
  17. I guess I got more out of it than I thought I had.
  18. All good things much come to an end.
  19. So much for that.
  20. I'm haunted by the fact that perhaps it didn't have to be this way, but it doesn't look like there's not much I can do about it at this point.
  21. It's a fait accompli.

Breaking up with someone

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Invited to a party the night before an exam

  1. I’m dead set against it.
  2. Am I making a big mistake?
  3. I have a funny feeling that I’ve been through this before.
  4. All that glitters is not gold.
  5. I don’t know if I’ll should do this on such short notice.
  6. I can easily see where this is heading.
  7. It’s a waste of time.
  8. I should know better than that.
  9. Have I taken leave of my senses?
  10. Is it worth it?
  11. I’ve learned my lesson before, and I promised myself that I wouldn’t repeat that mistake again.
  12. That's not for now.

Invited to a party the night before an exam

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Thinking of dating someone from the wrong side of the tracks

  1. I feel that persion might be a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
  2. Assumptions can be deceptive.
  3. I don’t know where this is all heading.
  4. If you ask me I think I should just call the whole thing off.
  5. I think that could be like opening up a Pandora’s box.
  6. That might be wishful thinking.
  7. Curiosity killed the cat.
  8. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
  9. I have a funny feeling that I should drop it like a hot potato if I know what’s good for me.
  10. Am I seeing the world with rose colored glasses?

Thinking of dating someone from the wrong side of the tracks

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Just missing the train

  1. That’s not so terrible.
  2. That’s how it is sometimes.
  3. So be it.
  4. There’s more where that came from.
  5. That’s the way it goes.
  6. What can you do?

Just missing the train

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Losing money in the stock market

  1. It happens to the best of us.
  2. Life goes on.
  3. You can’t turn back the hands of time.
  4. Let the chips fall where they may.
  5. You can’t take it with you.
  6. Money isn’t everything.
  7. That’s the way the cookie crumbles.
  8. This too will pass.
  9. Easy come, easy go.
  10. I’ll take full responsibility for it.
  11. It was bound to happen.
  12. We live and learn.

Losing money in the stock market

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A publisher given a story that might be libelous

  1. I just can’t chance it.
  2. I’m going to treat it with kid gloves.
  3. It could blow sky high.
  4. Let’s not rush into things.
  5. I may be sitting on a time bomb.
  6. One option is for is for me to just wait it out.
  7. I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop.
  8. It’s best if I wait until the whole thing blows over.
  9. I just don’t feel like bucking the system.
  10. I’m inclined to just tiptoe around the whole situation.
  11. I think if I got involved in any way I would be playing with fire.
  12. My gut feeling is that I should just leave it well enough alone.
  13. The fact that no one else wants to do it is not a good sign.
  14. I don't know the person involved from a hole in the wall, and I think I should regard that as a warning signal.

A publisher given a story that might be libelous

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Salesman losing a sale

  1. It’s back to square one.
  2. Let the chips fall where they may.
  3. So much for that.
  4. It will all come out in the wash.
  5. What can I tell you?
  6. It happens to the best of us.
  7. It’s all in a day’s work.
  8. Well, that’s the way it goes.

Salesman losing a sale

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Losing an election

  1. I guess I had it coming to me.
  2. It’s just wasn’t in the cards.
  3. You win some, you loose some.
  4. I guess I’ll just have to learn to live with it.
  5. I think I got the picture.
  6. That’s about the size of it.
  7. He was bound and determined to do it.
  8. He won, hands down.
  9. He’s a better man than I am.
  10. It’s was a forgone conclusion.
  11. The show’s over.
  12. That’s just the way it is.
  13. It was a missed opportunity.
  14. I had a feeling that would happen.

Losing an election

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Choosing where to put your investment money

  1. Only time will tell.
  2. You do what you have to.
  3. There’s something to be said for it.
  4. This is a good as time as any.
  5. We’ll worry about that when the time comes.
  6. Things will come to those who wait.
  7. It works both ways.
  8. That’s what it’s all about.
  9. It’s six of one, half a dozen of the other.
  10. I have half a mind to do just that.
  11. I’m biding my time.
  12. Thing’s stand as they are.
  13. It doesn’t make sense to do it any other way.

Choosing where to put your investment money