something has (got) to give

:  some indeterminate or unspecified thing

:  a person or thing of consequence

:  one having more or less the character, qualities, or nature of something different

:  in some degree :  somewhat

: used as an intensive giving adverbial force to an adjective

: past tense and past participle ofget

:  to make a present of

:  to grant or bestow by formal action

:  to accord or yield to another

:  capacity or tendency to yield to force or strain :  flexibility

:  the ability of a material to bend or stretch