you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink

Something that you say which means you can give someone the opportunity to do something, but you cannot force them to do it if they do not want to.

I made all the arrangements, bought the ticket, and even took him to the airport, but he just wouldn't get on the plane. Well, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

by brucelennon August 21, 2016

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You wouldn't get it

You probably wouldn't get it

Her: why do you always say, you wouldn't get it
Me: you wouldn't get it
Her: why do you keep saying that? Where's it from?
Me: you wouldn't get it

by You wouldn't get it November 5, 2019

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What you say to your cellmates in central booking when they explain to you why they don't belong there. I recommend you rehearse these words because they can keep you from getting your ass kicked if you ever get arrested.

Really scary woman: He was the one pulling on my hair but the only reason they arrested me was 'cause he looked worse than me after I busted him in the head with that fire hydrant.

Me (meekly): You got screwed.

by genius-girl October 30, 2009

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You can sleep me under the table any day

Gay

"You can sleep me under the table any day"

-zeroNine

by MeowMixturesOfDoom2010 August 4, 2010

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you didn’t build that

1. The stupidest new mantra for Obama's version of socialism.

2. To undermine a person's accomplishments by saying that everyone other than the person with an accomplishment is responsible for that person's success.

3. Denial of accomplishment, a companion to denial of accountability.

"If you’ve got a business. you didn’t build that." -Obama, ranting against successful business in his argument that government should build the infrastructure for American business.

by Opinion Jockey July 21, 2012

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