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Lym Nguyen,
Min Minh
2021-03-14 08:03
If I had my druthers American phrase slang
If I had my druthers, I wouldn't sing that song because it was such so hard.
If I had my druthers, we'd all have a 3 hour break between working shifts.
Difficult to choose between two alternatives.
If something or someone weaves their magic, they use their unique talents or charm to produce a good effect or a desired outcome.
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"Druthers" comes from a shortening of "would rather". The idiom was first recorded in the magazine Overland Monthly and Out West (1870). This idiom is not used widely outside of America.
Do you see anything wrong?
A humorous way of saying that what one has said is just what they acknowledge and may not be entirely accurate
Mike: Have you returned from your vacation on the beach? Your skin seems to get tanned.
Jenny: My skin is always dark. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
