[Ads-l] Saying Origin: You Can=?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=99t_?=Live With Them, and You Can't Live Without Them

[Pete Morris]

Women, you can't live with them, pass the beer nuts.
- Norm Peterson, Cheers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJiDzin8zqE

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Women, can't live with them, can't shoot them.

- Attributed to many.



------ Original Message ------
>From "ADSGarson O'Toole" 
<00001aa1be50b751-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
To ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Date 14/09/2026 13:45:38
Subject Re: Saying Origin: You Can’t Live With Them, and You Can't Live 
Without Them

>The saying appears on a few reference-type websites.
>
>Wiktionary
>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/can%27t_live_with_them,_can%27t_live_without_them
>
>Phrase Finder
>https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/37/messages/42.html
>
>Idiom in The Free Dictionary by Farlax
>https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/you+can%27t+live+with+them%2C+you+can%27t+live+without+them
>
>The first citation in Wiktionary is dated 1996.
>
>Garson
>
>On Mon, Sep 14, 2026 at 8:31 AM ADSGarson O'Toole
><adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Back in May 2026 Jonathan Lighter initiated a thread about the saying
>>  in the subject line.
>>  https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2026-May/169142.html
>>
>>  Now, I have posted a QI article which is available here:
>>  https://quoteinvestigator.com/2026/09/14/live-with/
>
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