If I Had My Druthers In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "If I Had My Druthers", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Lym Nguyen, Min Minh calendar 2021-03-14 08:03

Meaning of If I Had My Druthers (redirected from If I had my druthers )

Synonyms:

If it was me , If I had my way , If I had to choose , If I had the choice , If it were up to me

If I had my druthers American phrase slang

Meaning "If I had the chance to choose"

If I had my druthers, I wouldn't sing that song because it was such so hard.

If I had my druthers, we'd all have a 3 hour break between working shifts.

Other phrases about:

(there are) no two ways about it
Definitely true; no other choices or alternatives
caught between two stools

 Difficult to choose between two alternatives.

blow your own trumpet
Show off or brag about yourself
strong nerves
An ability to not be upset by unpleasant things.
weave (one's) magic

If something or someone weaves their magic, they use their unique talents or charm to produce a good effect or a desired outcome.

Origin of If I had my druthers

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"Druthers" comes from a shortening of "would rather". The idiom was first recorded in the magazine Overland Monthly and Out West (1870). This idiom is not used widely outside of America. 

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