one's got to do what one's got to do en · X
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Meanings
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(informal) A person must do what they feel is necessary or imperative.
Sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, even if his helpmate does not share his passion. Perhaps that's part of the attraction. Maybe a man wouldn't be so feverish about his garden if he had to share it with his partner, […]
2000, Warren Schultz, A Man's Garden, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, →OCLC:
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| one's gotta do what one's gotta do | alternative | lexicographic | |
| a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
pl rób to, co musisz (do what a person feels is to be done by themselves) · de tun, was man nicht lassen kann (do what a person feels is to be done by themselves) · de ein Mann muss tun, was ein Mann eben tun muss (do what a person feels is to be done by themselves)