like it or lump it

Idioms

Also, if you don't like it you can lump it. Whether or not you want to, as in Like it or lump it, we're staying home this summer. The origin of lump in this idiom is unclear; one writer believes it to be a euphemism for stuff it, a not unreasonable conjecture. [Early 1800s]

Example Sentences

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I kind of love Ange and how it is a case of, 'I just play like this and you can kind of like it or lump it'.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024

It is, like it or lump it, the American way.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2018

But, like it or lump it, you’re going to have to rush, so to speak.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2013

We are, like it or lump it, in a period of recession in terms of both the economy and finance based puns.

From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2012

"I'm a good customer; he can like it or lump it, till the price of binding twine goes down!"

From One of Ours by Cather, Willa Sibert

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