never a rose without a/the prick

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never a rose without a/the prick

There is rarely a good or positive thing, event, or circumstance that is not accompanied by something negative or unpleasant (i.e., just as a rose has thorns). A: "I can't believe the amount of taxes I have to pay on my lottery winnings!" B: "Never a rose without the prick, eh?"

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Flo	FLO	English
Laura	LAWR-ə (English), LOW-rah (Spanish, Italian, Finnish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch), LAW-oo-raw (Hungarian)	English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Croa
Mcwilliams	[mək'wiljəmz]
Eleutherios	-	Late Greek
Mwenye	-	Eastern African, Swahili
Porntip	-	Thai