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
Afanasy	ah-fah-NAH-see	Russian
Florence	['flɔ:rəns]
Eduarda	-	Portuguese
Dewey	['dju:i]
Laila (1)	LAY-lə (English), LIE-lə (English)	Arabic, English
Melicent	-	English (Archaic)