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"if the - - 's don't get you, the - - -'s will?

what is the old saying or poem says "if the - - 's don't get you, the - - -'s will ? (not song lyrics)

This was an old poem or saying in either London or Yorkshire and my grandpop used to say it jokingly, the missing words were a 2 syllable and a 3 syllable word and they were like nonesense names for something. I'd really like to remember it

Update:

it was like this - if the (somethings) dont get you, the (other things) will

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  • 8 years ago
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    I remember an old phrase,

    "If the right one don't get you, the left one will."

    referring to hands/fists in a fight.

    Is there any chance the words were Scylla and Charybdis ?

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