“When one door shuts, another opens” is an old proverb about opportunity. Several joke versions involve a refrigerator door. “When one door closes, another one opens. With a teenager in the house, the former is his room; the latter is the fridge. #onedoor” was posted on Twitter on May 11, 2011. “When one door closes another one opens. Or literally: when the front door closes, the fridge door opens” was posted on Twitter on May 23, 2013.
 
“When one door closes another one opens. Actually, it’s usually the same door—the one to the fridge. It’s me in front of the fridge” was posted on Twitter by Abby Heugel on April 8, 2015. “When one door closes, another one opens. And then closes. And then opens. It’s the fridge. It’s me in front of the fridge” was posted on Twitter by Abby Heugel on December 22, 2015.
 
         
Wiktionary: when one door closes, another opens
Proverb
when one door closes, another opens
1. When one opportunity is lost, another opportunity soon becomes available.
     
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Jay Gonzales
@macjay
When one door closes, another one opens. With a teenager in the house, the former is his room; the latter is the fridge. #onedoor
1:23 PM - 11 May 2011
     
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Jamesha Rodgers
@1_LuvlyAquarius
When one door closes another one opens,So I shut the Fridge door and opened the oven door!!!#Jackpot
5:31 PM - 16 Dec 2011
 
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Matt Crivelli
@MattCrivelli
When one door closes another one opens. Or literally: when the front door closes, the fridge door opens.
11:08 AM - 23 May 2013
   
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Bizarre Lazar
@BizarreLazar
When one door closes another one opens. Usually the freezer and I look for five minutes and then look back in the fridge.
1:14 PM - 18 Feb 2014
 
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The Little Guy
@HarmlessCritter
When one door closes another one opens. Only this time it’s the fridge door. :’(
7:23 PM - 17 Mar 2014
   
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Zach Froelich
@zfroe1
When one door closes another one opens… hopefully it’s the fridge.
3:19 PM - 1 Feb 2015
   
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Abby Heugel
@AbbyHasIssues
When one door closes another one opens. Actually, it’s usually the same door—the one to the fridge. It’s me in front of the fridge.
7:38 PM - 8 Apr 2015
 
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Abby Heugel
@AbbyHasIssues
When one door closes, another one opens. And then closes. And then opens. It’s the fridge. It’s me in front of the fridge.
11:32 AM - 22 Dec 2015
   
Facebook
Abby Has Issues
December 22, 2015 ·
When one door closes, another one opens. And then closes. And then opens. It’s the fridge. It’s me in front of the fridge.
 
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9GAG
@9GAG
When one door closes, another one opens.
And then closes. And then opens.
It’s the fridge.
It’s me in front of the fridge.
8:30 AM - 2 Dec 2016
 
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9GAG
@9GAG
When one door closes, another one opens.
And then closes. And then opens.
It’s the fridge.
It’s me in front of the fridge.
4:30 PM - 21 Aug 2017
 
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Jenny 🇳🇿
@iamjenzed
When one door closes, another one opens. And then closes. And then opens. It’s the fridge. It’s me in front of the fridge.
2:04 PM - 1 Jun 2018