Meanings
alternative some days you eat the bear and some days the bear eats you
- USSometimes you win and sometimes you are defeated; everybody has successes and failures.
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sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sometimes%20you%20eat%20the%20bear%20and%20sometimes%20the%20bear%20eats%20you
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