like it or lump it

present singular third person likes it or lumps it · participle present liking it or lumping it · participle past liked it or lumped it · past liked it or lumped it

1. colloquialidiomaticTo accept a situation whether one agrees with it or not.

   We’re going to stay home this year. No holidays. You can like it or lump it.

   2 more examples

   I see you dont like that, any of you; but its true, for all that; so if you dont like it you can lump it.

   [1901–1903, [George] Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman. […], Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable & Co., published 1903, →OCLC, Act III, page 118

   I’m pussyfooting around you no more – like it or lump it, my father is part of my life, I’m part of him, and I won’t let you pull me in two over this any more.

   2004, Jean Chapman, chapter 15, in Danced Over the Sea (Philipps-Sinclair; 2), Sutton, London: Severn House Large Print, →ISBN, pages 237–238

   Synonyms: like it or leave it, love it or lump it