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
Herschel-Yiddish
Nevenka-Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
AlÍZah-LEE:ZHungarian
Rosalie['rɔzəli]
Nessa (2)-Hebrew
Andoni-Basque