orders are orders
orders are orders
This thing or things must be done because a person of authority has commanded it, even if it or they are unpleasant to do. Look, I don't like having to decide who's going to lose their job, but orders are orders, and we have to let someone go.
See also: order
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
orders are orders
commands must be obeyed, however much you may disagree with them.See also: order
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- come to a bad end
- come to a bad/sticky end
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- He that would go to sea for pleasure, would go to hell for a pastime
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- get a taste of (one's) own medicine
- a dose of your own medicine
- dose
- dose of one's own medicine