damned if I you they do, damned if I you don't Idiom, Proverb

damned if you do and damned if you don't

you are blamed if you do it and blamed if you do not, between the devil..., can't have it both ways "If you offer to help, he refuses; if you don't offer, he complains. You're damned if you do, and damned if you don't."

don't borrow trouble

"do not invite their trouble; we have enough trouble" "When I said I was going to help my neighbor get a divorce, Pat said, ""Don't borrow trouble."""

don't count your chickens before they hatch

do not expect all plans to be successful, wait until you get the final results """Look at the sales I'm going to make this month - over 50!"" ""Don't count your chickens... ."""

don't eat that

do not accept that, do not believe that "After hearing the report, Ben said, ""Don't eat that, guys."""

don't get mad; get even

"do not waste your energy on anger, do get revenge; actions speak louder..." "To the victims he said, ""Don't get mad. Get even. Report this to the police."""

don't get me wrong

"do not misunderstand; take it the wrong way" "Don't get me wrong; I love literature, but I hate poetry."

don't get smart with me

show more respect, do not talk back "If you ask why, she'll say, ""Don't get smart with me."""

don't give me any of your lip

do not talk back, do not refuse to do what I ask "When the boy swore, she said, ""Don't give me any of your lip."""

don't give me that line/story etc.

do not tell me that false story Don't give me that line about a cure for the common cold.

don't go away mad; just go away

"do not be angry, but leave; you are not welcome here" "He said to the heckler, ""Don't go away mad; just go away."""

More Idioms/Phrases

don't borrow trouble don't count your chickens before they hatch don't eat that don't get mad; get even don't get me wrong don't get smart with me don't give me any of your lip don't give me that line/story etc. don't go away mad; just go away don't hand me that don't hold your breath don't knock it don't know him from Adam don't know the first thing about it don't know the half of it don't know whether you're coming or going don't know which end is up

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