finders, keepers

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finders, keepers

1. Whoever finds something is allowed to keep it.

• Often "finders, keepers; losers, weepers"

Similar phrases using elliptical causation ("if/then"):

• another day, another dollar
• fall seven times, stand up eight
• first come, first served
• in for a dime, in for a dollar
• in for an inch, in for a mile
• in for a penny, in for a pound
• laugh before breakfast, cry before supper
• least said, soonest mended
• mo' money, mo' problems
• no body, no crime
• no cross, no crown
• no fears, no tears
• no guts, no glory
• no harm, no foul
• no hero, no villain
• no losers, no winners
• no pain, no gain
• nothing ventured, nothing gained
• once bitten, twice shy
• out of sight, out of mind
• waste not, want not