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(humorous) Expressing reproach when somebody harms or damages something.

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"This is why we can't have nice things," said Dorrie's father, breaking into her thoughts. "Like appliances."Dorrie glanced over at the corner of the ballroom-declared-kitchen to see him lifting several tacks out of a pot of clam chowder with a slotted spoon.

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2016, Jen Swann Downey, The Ninja Librarians: Sword in the Stacks:

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"This is why we can't have nice things," said a Mountain to a man, "You don't yet respect the impermanence of living ...and the permanence of life."

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2020, Alex Almeida, Wandering Tales volumes 1 & 2: