they'll do it every time
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[edit]- (often humorous or sarcastic, uncommon) One must be vigilant and cognizant of challenging and hazardous surroundings or situations, or the usual events will occur.
- Used to assert the validity of a stereotype regarding the way people behave.
- 1901, “The Widow's Story”, in San Francisco Daily Times, volume 10, page 18:
- That's women for you. If you don't cry they'll talk and if you cry they'll talk. They'll do it ever time, and New York women's no different from Holden.