Whoops-a-daisy British informal exclamation
A surprise or apologies exclamation, such as when someone falls or drops something.
Whoops-a-daisy! I'm sorry, Mom. I just accidentally knocked over your vase.
Whoops-a-daisy! I must mixed you up with my closed friend. Please accept my apology.
This idiom is often used to express that you should accept an unpleasant situation or event because you cannot change it.
Once something has been done, you can do nothing but face the consequences.
This term dated back to the mid-19th century as a variation on upsy-daisy.
People tend to like forbidden or illegal things just because they are forbidden or illegal.
He must have believed that stolen fruit is the sweetest, and he, therefore, cheated on his partner.