英语词汇“to pay the piper”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P1. to pay the piper: to pay the price of something; to answer for one's actions. who pays the piper calls the tune and variants: whoever pays the cost of an activity, undertaking, etc., has control over it.

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society > trade and finance > payment > pay [verb (intransitive)] > pay expenses

to pay the piper1681

to stand the racket1789

to stand shot1821

to stand Sam1823

to pick up the bill (also check, tab, etc.)1914

1681 Heraclitus Ridens 16 Aug. 2/1 After all this Dance he has led the Nation, he must at last come to pay the Piper himself.

1694 in Jrnl. Cork Hist. & Arch. Soc. (1903) 10 20 For it is indeed you that have paid the piper.

1739 H. Baker & J. Miller Blunderer iv. ix. 149 Be the Person ever so innocent, the Purse is always, for their Profit, a Criminal, and must pay the Piper.

1753 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 25 Dec. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2066 The other powers cannot well dance, when neither France nor the Maritime Powers can..pay the piper.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. vii. 286 We will make doctor Oloroso pay the piper to our dancing.

1895 Daily News 18 Dec. 9/1 Londoners had paid the piper, and should choose the tune.

1903 G. Bell Let. 30 June (1927) I. viii. 165 I think you'll have to pay some of the piper if you want to call so much of the tune.

1967 Boston Sunday Globe 23 Apr. 2/1 The United States pays the piper but cannot call the tune, while Russia saves its money and does as it pleases.

1992 M. Bishop Count Geiger's Blues lxvii. 359 We'll do what we can, but, as blunt and heartless as this may sound, it looks like it's simply come time to pay the piper.

单词	to pay the piper
释义	> as lemmas to pay the piper P1. to pay the piper: to pay the price of something; to answer for one's actions. who pays the piper calls the tune and variants: whoever pays the cost of an activity, undertaking, etc., has control over it. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay [verb (intransitive)] > pay expenses to pay the piper1681 to stand the racket1789 to stand shot1821 to stand Sam1823 to pick up the bill (also check, tab, etc.)1914 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 16 Aug. 2/1 After all this Dance he has led the Nation, he must at last come to pay the Piper himself. 1694 in Jrnl. Cork Hist. & Arch. Soc. (1903) 10 20 For it is indeed you that have paid the piper. 1739 H. Baker & J. Miller Blunderer iv. ix. 149 Be the Person ever so innocent, the Purse is always, for their Profit, a Criminal, and must pay the Piper. 1753 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 25 Dec. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2066 The other powers cannot well dance, when neither France nor the Maritime Powers can..pay the piper. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. vii. 286 We will make doctor Oloroso pay the piper to our dancing. 1895 Daily News 18 Dec. 9/1 Londoners had paid the piper, and should choose the tune. 1903 G. Bell Let. 30 June (1927) I. viii. 165 I think you'll have to pay some of the piper if you want to call so much of the tune. 1967 Boston Sunday Globe 23 Apr. 2/1 The United States pays the piper but cannot call the tune, while Russia saves its money and does as it pleases. 1992 M. Bishop Count Geiger's Blues lxvii. 359 We'll do what we can, but, as blunt and heartless as this may sound, it looks like it's simply come time to pay the piper. extracted from pipern.¹ < as lemmas
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