get lumps



get one's lumps

Inf. to get the result or punishment one deserves. (See also take one's lumps.) If she keeps acting that way, she'll get her lumps. We will see that Dave gets his lumps.
See also: get, lump

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Eneida-Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American)
Marissamə-RIS-əEnglish
OttÓ-Hungarian, Icelandic
Jozefoyo-ZE-foEsperanto
Zelde-Yiddish
Foley['fəuli]