Talk:take things as they come

RFD discussion: August–October 2021
SOP with, arguably, sense 2.2 or possibly sense 14.3 of and sense 3 or sense 12 of. Imetsia (talk) 21:53, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Inclined to keep: this is a set phrase, and the French translation sounds idiomatic to me. But maybe a better solution would be to redirect this entry and to, for which there are several lemmings, and which is comparable to . PUC – 11:28, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I think the overwhelming predominance of e.g. "take things as they come" over "accept things as they arrive", and the near impossibility of e.g. "accept it as it arrives" for "take it as it comes", does point to sufficient idiomaticity of the pattern generally. I think we should cover the "take ~ as it comes/ they come" pattern, however that can be best done, though I think generally we need a more robust or consistent way of treating these kinds of patterns. Mihia (talk) 21:14, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * If kept, it should be moved to (one lemming: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English; Cambridge Dictionary and Farlex Dictionary of Idioms have just ).  --Lambiam 09:30, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Cambridge does have an entry for take something as it comes, as Macmillan does. PUC – 13:10, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep (but move); not only does it pass the lemming test, but the aspect of not planning for whatever may come is not covered by +  – the latter perhaps sense 14.  --Lambiam 18:50, 11 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Moved and subsequently kept. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 04:12, 13 October 2021 (UTC)