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?"
See also: never, prick, rose, without

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
BeccaBEK-əEnglish
Zaharina-Bulgarian, Macedonian
Faiga-Yiddish
BeowulfBAY-ə-woolf (English)Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Olympiodoros-Ancient Greek
Inderjit-Indian (Sikh)