rude awakening

The shocking instance of learning the unpleasant or unwelcome truth about a situation. We had a rude awakening when the waiter brought us the bill and we saw how much we had spent on dinner and drinks.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ephrath	-	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Jacopo	YAH-ko-po	Italian
ValdimÁRr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Cveta	-	Serbian
CiarÁN	KEER-awn, KEE-ar-awn	Irish
Radko	-	Bulgarian, Czech