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Old 15-Oct-2007, 02:55
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Exclamation do u think u can help?

is there an idiom for this - 'something that you can't afford to do'

The odds are against us and surely, let us not waste time bickering. Idiom (that has the meaning saying - "really you can't afford to do or some action that you can do without")
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Default Re: do u think u can help?

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is there an idiom for this - 'something that you can't afford to do'


be out of my league/reach // be beyond my means // be too pricey for me/him/her/etc


The odds are against us and surely, let us not waste time bickering. Idiom (that has the meaning saying - "really you can't afford to do or some action that you can do without")
some action that you can do without

Maybe, if I get your drift, Unr;


I need that like I need a hole in the head.

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