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俚语 dos and don'ts
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dos and don'ts

List of what you should do, and what you'd better not. Generally relates to good practices and/or stylistic qualities in a specific discipline.
The dos and don'ts column of that magazine is 3 years late.

You either do or don't

Basically saying do it or don't,it just matters on what happens on one of those choices. If you or someone else is not really wanting to do something, but at the same time you technically can do that thing, that's where the phrase "You either do or don't" comes into play.
Example 1: Someone that works can get up to go to work, but they don't want to, if someone else says or that person remembers the phrase "You either do or don't", they will think about the outcomes of either decision, therefore proceeding with one of the choices depending on how they want it to play out.

Example 2: Have better eating habits to better your health or keep up bad eating habits and then your health declines

i do but i don't

the desire to put forth energy towards a particular action, and the equal amount of desire to not want to.
wanna go to the movies?

i do but i don't

Do mind if I don't

The complete opposite of "Don't mind if I do"
Timmy the tard has a saying, "Do mind if I don't" and has a homosexual chuckle after saying the aforementioned garbled hiccup.

damned if you do, damned if you don't

you're screwed either way.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't join the military during Vietnam. There was a war draft.

I can do that but I don't wanna

A (usually) non-serious phrase that can be said by a person in reference to something they just witnessed or were told about that's often, but not always, very difficult or nearly impossible to do in real life.

Humorous and fallible attempt to try and milk coolness/points from any form of audience.
Ex. 1

Wizard: *shoots lightning bolts out of his ass*

Steve: I can do that but I don't wanna.

Ex. 2

Person in commercial: *jumps out of a plane while doing his taxes and fighting off a lion*

Jimbo to Molly: I can do that but I don't wanna.

Ex. 3

Lance: Man, I just saw this sick stunt. The guy was handcuffed while riding a motorcycle down a ramp, and then jumped through 5 fiery hoops over a shark-infested pool that also had spikes at the bottom of it.

Bobby: Pfft... I can do that but I don't wanna.
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