if the hat fits(, wear it)
if the hat fits(, wear it)
If something (typically negative) applies to one, one should acknowledge it or accept responsibility or blame for it. I know you don't like being called unreliable, but if the hat fits, wear it. A: "Why do teachers always treat me like some kind of troublemaker?" B: "If the hat fits...."
See also: hat, if, wear
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- (one) could use (something)
- drive (one) out of office
- force (one) out of office
- force out of office
- give (one) (one's) head
- give head
- give somebody their head
- give someone their head
- cooking for one
- as one door closes, another one opens