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
Omer	‘om-ER	Hebrew
Preston	['prestən]
Taras	tah-RAHS (Russian)	Ukrainian, Russian
Edit	E-dit (Swedish)	Hungarian, Swedish
OldŘIch	-	Czech
Amandeep	-	Indian (Sikh)