"any hole's a goal" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-any hole's a goal.wav
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme. Head templates: {{en-proverb|head=any hole's a goal}} any hole's a goal
  1. (UK, vulgar) Any receptive sex partner (or orifice) is acceptable. Tags: UK, vulgar Categories (topical): Culture, Sex, Society Translations (Translations): reikä mikä reikä (Finnish), un trou c’est un trou (French), em tempos de guerra qualquer buraco é trincheira (Portuguese), en tiempos de guerra cualquier agujero es trinchera (Spanish)
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          "ref": "2018, Emma Newman, A Split Worlds Omnibus: Between Two Thorns, Any Other Name, and All Is Fair, page 94:",
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          "ref": "2020, Vanessa Morse, “There's Something about Gabby”, in Daddies Explicit... Anthology, page 594:",
          "text": "\"Of course I knew that it all goes to the same place,\" she beamed back at him. \"I can't believe how nice you are to me. I mean you're right, my throat really has been getting pretty sore lately, and any hole's a goal.\" She had no idea what this meant, but it sounded like the right thing to say.",
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