a hair shirt



a hair shirt

if someone wears a hair shirt, they choose to make their life unpleasant by not having or experiencing anything that gives them pleasure I don't think you have to put on a hair shirt in order to be a socialist.
See also: hair, shirt

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Quentinkawn-TEN (French), KWEN-tin (English)French, English
Heshel-Yiddish
BryantBRIE-əntEnglish
Bernt-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Chiranjeevi-Indian, Hindi, Telugu
MaikeMIE-kə (German)Frisian, German