for all one’s trouble



for (all) one’s trouble

phr. in spite of one’s efforts; in very poor payment for one’s efforts. He got a punch in the jaw for all his trouble.
See also: all, trouble

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SimeonSIM-ee-ən (English)Biblical, Bulgarian, Serbian
LinnieLIN-eeEnglish
Ivanee-VAHN (Russian, Ukrainian), IE-vən (English)Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Macedonian, Slovene, En
KrishnaKRISH-na (Hinduism)Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali
Sikandar-Urdu, Pashto
HailieHAY-leeEnglish (Modern)