Hobson's choice - The Diigo Meta page

• 22 Aug 08
  

  Chris Lasher

  english idiom language

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  Lawrence Jung

  Hobson's choice \HOB-suhnz-CHOIS\, noun:
  A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing.

  wotd

  • Hobson's choice \HOB-suhnz-CHOIS\, noun:
     <!-- wotd="Hobson's choice" --> A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing.
  • The origin of the term Hobson's choice is said to be in the name of one Thomas Hobson (ca. 1544-1631), at Cambridge, England, who kept a livery stable and required every customer to take either the horse nearest the stable door or none at all.

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