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I never heard the expression "Sophie's choice" before, but I assume it is the same as "Hobson's choice". Hobson's choice - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobson's_choice In other words, one may "take it or leave it." The phrase is said to have originated with Thomas Hobson (1544–1631), a livery stable owner in Cambridge, England, who offered customers the choice of either taking the horse in his stall nearest to the door or taking none at all.
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Hege Jakobsen Lepri Norway Local time: 05:58 Member (2002) English to Norwegian + ...
define "lose"
Apr 5, 2017
Language attrition and language loss rarely involve any choice. ' Or maybe I read this wrong, maybe it's meant to be funny a long the lines of "if you had to choose, would you rather be deaf or blind?"
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Mario Freitas Brazil Local time: 00:58 Member (2014) English to Portuguese + ...
Please be serious
Apr 6, 2017
Watch it. Your children may be using your PC to post polls.
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SafeTex France Local time: 05:58 French to English + ...
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Apr 6, 2017
Isn't there a moderator to weed out stupid questions???
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I never heard the expression "Sophie's choice" before, but I assume it is the same as "Hobson's choice". Hobson's choice - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobson's_choice In other words, one may "take it or leave it." The phrase is said to have originated with Thomas Hobson (1544–1631), a livery stable owner in Cambridge, England, who offered customers the choice of either taking the horse in his stall nearest to the door or taking none at all.
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