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- can't helpTo be unable to avoid a situation, or stop something from happening.
- can't waitTo eagerly anticipate; to find it hard to wait for a forthcoming pleasurable event.
- it can't be helpedIt is inevitable. There is no alternative.
- can't do right for doing wrongBe in a situation where any course of action leads to a negative outcome.
- money can't buy happinessMoney can purchase external things, but true happiness comes from within oneself.
- can't complainI have nothing to complain about; everything is okay with me
- can't get enoughGreatly enjoys; likes a lot.
- I can't swimIndicates the speaker does not know how to swim.
- can't be botheredAn expression indicating a lack of enthusiasm or willingness (in something or to do something).
- I can't find my ...Said after losing something.
- you can't judge a book by its coverIt is not possible to make reliable judgments about things or people by considering external appearances alone.
- beggars can't be choosersSomething is better than nothing: those who can't provide for themselves should accept whatever help is available.
- can't help butAlternative form of cannot but: To have to; to cannot help; to be unable to do otherwise than.
- you can't go home againPast times which are fondly remembered are irrecoverably in the past and cannot be relived.
- you can't take it with youIt is not possible to take one's material wealth or possessions to whatever world may await one after death.
- you can't win them allIt is impossible to always succeed; failure or disappointment is inevitable from time to time.
- you can't make an omelette without breaking eggsIn order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that some mistakes are made or some sacrifices must occur.
- can't evenUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see can't, even.
- can't stand the sight ofTo hate vehemently; to really despise.
- you can't make a silk purse of a sow's earIt is not possible to produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.
- can't carry a tune in a bucketSings very badly.
- can't seemSeem to be unable; seem not to be able.
- I can't lieTo be honest, frankly, honestly.
- can't standcannot put up with
- I can't hear you over the sound ofSaid to dismiss what the interlocutor is saying.