for trouble

for (all) one's trouble

in spite of one's efforts; in return for one's efforts. (Implies that the "trouble" was not worth taking, or was harmful.) He got a punch in the jaw for all his trouble. For her trouble, she got only honorable mention.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Iacopo	-	Italian
Boyan	-	Bulgarian
Nebuchadnezzar	-	Ancient Near Eastern (Anglicized), Biblical
Dinis	dee-NEES (Portuguese), jee-NEES (Brazilian Portuguese)	Portuguese
Dileep	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
Hare	[hɛə]