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                            Also, you just can't win. Whatever one does is wrong or not enough, as in Every time I block one of the woodchuck's holes, I find another; you just can't win. [First half of 1900s] For a synonym, see DAMNED IF I DO, DAMNED IF I DON'T.
                        
                        
 
                        
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