do not ask more or customize what you get when you have got it after asking for it
people who are begging cannot make a choice of what they get
in an advisory tone, this phrase means that things that are bestowed upon request should not be questioned
In this village you are only going to get these many options for furniture. Learn to live it because beggars can’t be choosers.
We took the deal at the time because beggars can’t be choosers.
I have not offered you more because beggars can’t be choosers.
Your brother living with us cannot ask for more things to be stocked in his room since beggars can’t be choosers.
You asked for this and now you want me to exchange it? Don’t you know that beggars can’t be choosers?
There is no origin for this idiom
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Common phrase that has a specific meaning.