The Panama Canal Zone. / The Suez Canal Zone.

(history) The territory within Panama, stretching along the course of the Panama Canal but excluding the sea port cities Panama City and Colón under the 18 November 1903 lease treaty until the return of state control on 30 September 1979.

(vulgar, idiomatic) Something inherently bad cannot be improved.

(derogatory) It is easier to get a job teaching how to do something than to get a job actually doing that thing.

(idiomatic) It is inevitable. There is no alternative.

Alternative spelling of nose candy

plural of candy apple

(US) An apple with a hard sugar candy coating.

plural of Canada goose

It is not possible to produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.