you pays your money and you takes your choice en · X
Meanings
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Everyone can make their own individual decisions.
You can get there by bus, or train, or taxi. Whatever. You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Showman. On your right you will perceive a Prime Minister a Bolishing of hisself. And over your left is another Prime Minister a Bolishing of the Corn-Laws. / Master John Bull. But which is the Prime Minister? / Showman. Which ever you please, my little dear. You pays your money, and you takes your choice.
1846, “THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.[cartoon]”, in Punch, page 17:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| you pays your nickel and you takes your choice | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
you pays your money and you takes your chances · you get what you pay for · to each his own