Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

can't live with them, can't live without them

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English

Syllables: can't live with- them, -can't live with-out them
IPA

67

Scrabble Score

35

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

There is a hopeless, ongoing conflict between annoyance with someone or something and need for that same person or thing.

Example Sentences

"You've got to find the woman that works for you. Because, after all, we can't live with them, can't live without them."
"Can't live with them, can't live without them. Like tweezers, pagers and passport control, computers are essential for modern living. They're marvellous (the erotic e-mail is the new love letter) and totally rubbish (it takes three hours to turn the printer on)."
"My parents' relationship was very much, "can't live with them, can't live without them". They were a crazy old couple and it was one of those love/hate things."
"“Men, Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them.” Actor Cam Magee and singer Beverly Cosham explore the age-old theme in sonnets and speeches by Shakespeare and songs by Johnny Mercer and Cole Porter."

Inflected Forms

can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em (alternative) you can't live with them, you can't live without them (alternative)

Questions

What does can't live with them, can't live without them mean?: There is a hopeless, ongoing conflict between annoyance with someone or something and need for that same person or thing.

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