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
Drogo-English (Archaic)
SiÔNSHONWelsh
Sevastyan-Russian
Munashe-Southern African, Shona
Burgess['bə:dʒis]
Polyxena-Greek Mythology (Latinized)