pay the piper

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pay the piper 的定义

  1. To pay the consequences for self-indulgent behavior: “If you stay up late at night to watch TV, in the morning you will have to pay the piper.”

pay the piper 近义词

pay the piper

等同于 bite the bullet

pay the piper

等同于 face the music

更多pay the piper例句

  1. France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
  2. Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
  3. Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
  4. I was declared innocent, and they said I should pay $104,000.
  5. The escort site Cowboys4Angels peddles chiseled, hot-bodied men and their smoldering model looks to women willing to pay.
  6. Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
  7. Now, on my first day here, you pay me back for what I did then—as if it needed paying back!
  8. “We shall make Mr. Pickwick pay for peeping,” said Fogg, with considerable native humour, as he unfolded his papers.
  9. Condillac after the marquis's death had refused to pay tithes to Mother Church and has flouted and insulted the Bishop.
  10. Of course, newly acquired Ferns will pay for extra attention in the way of watering until they have secured a proper roothold.