beggars can't be choosers
used to say that, when you have no money or no power to choose, you have to accept whatever you are given

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

Beggars can't be choosers.
something that you say which means when you cannot have exactly what you want, you must accept whatever you can get.
I would have preferred a house of my own rather than sharing but I suppose beggars can't be choosers.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

beggars can't be choosers
one should not criticize something that one gets for free
Beggars can't be choosers and the girl should not complain about the free furniture that she got from a friend.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

beggars can't be choosers
People who can not choose what they will have, must accept what they get; if you are not in control, you must take what you can gel.
We wanted to leave on the train in the morning but it doesn't go until afternoon, so we must go then. Beggars can't he choosers.
Mary got a red dress from her sister, although she didn't like red. She kept it because she said beggars should not be choosers.
Compare: LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲