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单词 for one's pains
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for one's pains


In return for the trouble one has taken, as in And all he got for his pains was a failing grade. This expression is nearly always used ironically to indicate that the return was not appropriate to the effort made. [First half of 1500s]

Words nearby for one's pains

fornicatrix, forniciform, fornix, for one, for one's money, for one's pains, for one's part, for one's sake, for one thing, for openers, for Pete's sake
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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