A half-full glass of beer is surrounded by small pale paper flowers.

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Women. You can't live with 'em. Pass the beernuts.

— Cheers · 1982

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker begins the complaint that women are impossible to live with, then breaks off to ask for the beernuts. The comic shift from grand grievance to bar snacks undercuts the complaint, making the resignation sound casual and habitual.

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