You Get What You Play For

[You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish.]

I use this pattern phrase when talking with clients about their investment in the future with the products they are developing. "Making a play" for a larger market or greater customer satisfaction will eventually "play out" for them in the long term. It is a rare thing when one of them buys it. Oh, well. -- MartySchrader

Oh, by the way -- after REO Speedwagon did their album by this page's name the phrase became something of a cultural phenomenon amongst young people. Now all those young people are OldFarts, and some of us are still using this idiom, along with some others:

• "Roll With The Changes" and "Keep On Rollin'"
• "Ridin' The Storm Out"
• "Keep Pushin' On"

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See: YouGetWhatYouPayFor

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