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for one's pains
for one's pains
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]
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pain
Common Names:
Name
Gender
Pronounced
Usage
Heidi
HIE-dee
(German, English)
, HAY-dee
(Finnish)
German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English
Kolya
-
Russian
Mahala
-
English
Winona
wi-NON-ə
(English)
English, Native American, Sioux
Aseem
-
Indian, Hindi
Mujo
-
Bosnian
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