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     Charles Laughton

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Hobson's_choiceHobson's choice - Wikipedia

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   A Hobson's choice is a free choice in which only one thing is actually offered. The term is often used to describe an illusion that multiple choices are available. The best known Hobson's choice is "I'll give you a choice: take it or leave it", wherein "leaving it" is strongly undesirable. The phrase is said to have originated with Thomas ...

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4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › Hobson's choiceHobson's choice Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of HOBSON'S CHOICE is an apparently free choice when there is no real alternative. How to use Hobson's choice in a sentence. Did you know?

5. www.phrases.org.uk › meanings › hobsons-choiceHobson's Choice - Meaning & Origin Of The Phrase - Phrasefinder

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   Hobson's choice is a phrase that means no real choice at all, only accept or refuse. It may have come from a 17th century horse dealer named Thomas Hobson, but there are other theories and alternative expressions.

6. www.imdb.com › title › tt0047094Hobson's Choice (1954) - IMDb

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   A widower bootmaker refuses to let his three daughters marry, but they outsmart him by proposing to a poor bootmaker. Directed by David Lean, starring Charles Laughton, John Mills and Brenda de Banzie.

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   • Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

   • Director: David Lean
   • Release Date: 1954-04-19

7. www.youtube.com › watchHobsons Choice (1954) 1440p - Charles Laughton | Brenda de ...

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   "Hobson's Choice" is a British comedy-drama film released in 1954. It is directed by David Lean and based on a play of the same name by Harold Brighouse. The...

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8. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › hobson-s-choiceHobson's choice | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Hobson's choice is a situation in which you can only choose one option, even though it seems like you have a choice. Learn the origin, pronunciation and usage of this idiom with examples and translations.

9. idioms.thefreedictionary.com › Hobson's+choiceHobson's choice - Idioms by The Free Dictionary

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   the choice of taking what is offered or nothing at all, in reality no choice at all: It’s Hobson’s choice really, as this is the only room they have empty at the moment. This expression refers to a 17th-century Cambridge man, Tobias Hobson, who hired out horses; he would give his customers the ‘choice’ of the horse nearest the stable ...

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    What does Hobson's choice mean?

    • Hobson's choice is also mid 20th-century British rhyming slang for voice . the choice of taking what is offered or nothing at all, in reality no choice at all: It’s Hobson’s choice really, as this is the only room they have empty at the moment.

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    Where did Hobson's choice come from?

    • It is widely believed that ‘Hobson’s choice’ derives from the English Tudor businessman Thomas Hobson. He hired out horses and gave his customers no choice as to which horse they could take. This derivation has all the credentials of a ‘ folk etymology ‘ myth, and it may be a myth, or, it may be true – read on…

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    Is 'Hobson's choice' a real choice?

    • ‘Hobson’s choice’ is no real choice at all. When the only options are either accept what is offered or refuse it, we have ‘Hobson’s choice’. The expression is effectively the same as ‘take it or leave it’. The expression is best known in the UK, but became used worldwide following the successful eponymous 1954 film starring Charles Laughton.

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    What does 'Tis Hobson's choice' mean?

    • 'Tis Hobson's choice—take that, or none. The term "Hobson's choice" is often used to mean an illusion of choice, but it is not a choice between two equivalent options, which is a Morton's fork, nor is it a choice between two undesirable options, which is a dilemma. Hobson's choice is one between something or nothing.

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