1 general:: Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs