English / proverb
If Ifs and Buts Were Candy and Nuts, We'd All Have a Merry Christmas
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Wishes, speculative excuses, and hypothetical regrets cannot alter reality or substitute for disciplined action.
In context
01
Complaining about lost investment chances is futile; if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas.
02
Stop daydreaming about what could have happened; if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas.
Synonyms
wishes won't wash dishes,wishful thinking is pointless,stop daydreaming
Antonyms
pragmatic realism,practical effort,concrete reality
Collocations
remember if ifs and buts,retort if ifs and buts,ancient saying ifs and buts