"you pays your money and you takes your choice" meaning in All languages combined

See you pays your money and you takes your choice on Wiktionary

Phrase [Anglais]

Forms: you pays your money and you takes your chances
  1. Il faut faire un choix. Tags: familiar
    Sense id: fr-you_pays_your_money_and_you_takes_your_choice-en-phrase-z-haIwfY Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Termes familiers en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    "Composé de you, pays (« payer », avec une faute de conjugaison), your, money (« argent »), and, you, takes (« prendre », avec la même faute de conjugaison), your et choice (« choix »), littéralement : « tu payes avec ton argent, tu décides »."
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          "text": "You can get there by bus, or train, or taxi. Whatever. You pays your money and you takes your choice.",
          "translation": "Tu peux y aller en bus en train ou en taxi. C’est toi qui vois."
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    "Composé de you, pays (« payer », avec une faute de conjugaison), your, money (« argent »), and, you, takes (« prendre », avec la même faute de conjugaison), your et choice (« choix »), littéralement : « tu payes avec ton argent, tu décides »."
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