Meaning of duck or no dinner | Babel Free

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Synonym of take it or leave it.

Examples

“"Do you mean it is 'fish or cut bait,' 'duck or no dinner ?'" asked the librarian.”

“You were urged to keep status quo, shut your mouth, and go along with the flow. It was sort of like a Louisiana saying, "It was duck or no dinner."”

“The Charter was, of course, a compromise beteen the different approaches of the leading members of the Independent Alliance. There had been arguments galore about it. At one point, the attempted input from councillors had prompted an exasperated Michael Fitzmaurice to say that they should be told they would have to accept the 'full duck or no dinner.'”

“The same thing that has given a bent to many other minds—necessity. With him it was shoot duck or no dinner.·”

“In Birchley's phrase, there was no stability: 'either duck or no dinner'.”

“Asked by Steadman what he did when Johnson threw at him, Baker replied: "It was either duck or no dinner."”

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