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- You pays your money and you takes your chance
You pays your money and you takes your chance
You pays your money and you takes your chance(s).
Prov. You must resign yourself to taking risks.; Everything costs something, but paying for something does not guarantee that you will get it. (The grammatical errors are intentional.) Customer: Can you guarantee that this washing machine won't break? Salesman: No guarantees. You pays your money and you takes your chances.