Idiom
if it works, it works
Meaning
if an action achieves its desired result, one should leave it at that; the outcome of an action is more important than the action itself
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The repair looks messy, but if it works, it works.”
“My grandfather uses an old, strange method to fix the engine, but if it works, it works.”
“While the unconventional strategy lacked elegance, the team accepted the results, concluding that if it works, it works.”
Examples
simple
“The repair looks messy, but if it works, it works.”
contextual
“My grandfather uses an old, strange method to fix the engine, but if it works, it works.”
complex
“While the unconventional strategy lacked elegance, the team accepted the results, concluding that if it works, it works.”
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