It's a subtle way of saying that you can't do something in a relationship. Like when you don't have time for a romantic dinner, but only two minutes for sex.
1:
Woman: We're supposed to taste wedding cakes this afternoon, remember?
Man: Ouch! No-can-do's-ville, baby doll.
2:
Woman: Wow, that was really mean. I think you owe me an apology.
Man: No-can-do's-ville, baby doll, no-can-do's-ville.
(Doctor Who)
Wilfred: You know, I don't understand half the things you say these days.
Donna: Nor me.
Wilfred: Fair do's. You've had a funny old time of it lately.
Chores assigned by ones mate (usually wife). This list normally includes household chores or errands and typically are assigned at the most innnoportune moments (ie: Sports event, relax time, vacations or days off, snow days, etc..). Also can be a bribe for sex...
I'd love to go to the bar with you fellas but the old lady has a bunch of honey do's for me. She needs the gutters cleaned, leaves raked, leaky faucet fixed, and a box of tampons.
a frequent misinterpretation of much older common expression 'fair deuce' meaning fair point, good play (as in tennis), often used informally to recognise good (verbal) comebacks.
Hard to distinguish "do's" from "deuce" particularly given regional and american accents which pronounce "u" as "oo"
If something good happens to you it's fair do's, if something bad happens to you it's fair do's
or if you havent listened to the question you were just asked, or the answer you just recieved, fair do's will make everything ok, enjoy XD
1st person: Hey dude i got an A in my business exam
2nd person: Wow how did you do that?
1st person: I revised, bla bla bla yadda yadda yadda blaaa
2nd person: ohhhhhh fair do's
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).