your mileage may vary
(North America, idiomatic) : this is just my opinion, your opinion may be different.
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100% compassion. 0% snark. Whatever dilemma you’re wrestling with, you can submit it to Sigal Samuel’s advice column, Your Mileage May Vary, here: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/wbRG9c It’s fast, easy, and totally anonymous! 😎
Hmmmm ... Your mileage may vary, on that one
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(North America, idiomatic) : this is just my opinion, your opinion may be different.
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(North America, idiomatic, often, computing) It may work differently in your situation, or be different in your experience.
The battery lasts a day in my phone, but your mileage may vary.
“100% compassion. 0% snark. Whatever dilemma you’re wrestling with, you can submit it to Sigal Samuel’s advice column, Your Mileage May Vary, here: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/wbRG9c It’s fast, easy, and totally anonymous! 😎”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Hmmmm ... Your mileage may vary, on that one”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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