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
Izrail-Judeo-Christian Legend
Hymie-Yiddish
Shaw (2)SHAWScottish
JaakkimaYAH:K-kee-mahFinnish
Ayling['eiliŋ]
TriTREEIndonesian