If it ain't chickens, it's feathers

If it ain't chickens, it's feathers.

Rur. There are always problems.; That is life. Now that I'm finally done with school, I've got to worry about getting a job. If it ain't chickens, it's feathers. He's got plenty of money now, but he's in such bad health he can't enjoy it. If it ain't chickens, it's feathers.
See also: feather, if
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • I've done my do
  • whistlin' Dixie, you ain't just
  • if you've a mind to do
  • faunch around
  • have more than one string to fiddle
  • It's for a fact
  • go at like a boy killing snakes
  • have a bad case of the simples
  • have hung up and salted
  • It'll be a long day in January