All she got for her pains was a faint smile.
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I told her what I thought and got a mouthful of abuse for my pains!
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for your pains — used for emphasizing that you have not been properly rewarded for your efforts All she got for her pains was a faint smile … English dictionary
if you gently touch a nettle it’ll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a lad of mettle, an’ as soft as silk remains — The metaphorical phrase to grasp the nettle, to tackle a difficulty boldly, is often found. 1578 LYLY Euphues I. 212 True it is Philautus that he which toucheth ye nettle tenderly, is soonest stoung. 1660 W. SECKER Nonsuch Professor I. 156 Sin is … Proverbs new dictionary
pains — noun an effortful attempt to attain a goal (Freq. 4) • Syn: ↑striving, ↑nisus, ↑strain • Derivationally related forms: ↑strenuous (for: ↑strain), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
for all — in spite of, even with For all the time that he spends studying his marks are still very low. (from Idioms in Speech) whatever may have been said or done Your children seem to make it a general rule to lie to your parents, for all your talk about … Idioms and examples
for all that — in spite of, even with For all the time that he spends studying his marks are still very low. (from Idioms in Speech) whatever may have been said or done Your children seem to make it a general rule to lie to your parents, for all your talk about … Idioms and examples
Episodios de Growing Pains — Anexo:Episodios de Growing Pains Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Artículo Principal Growing Pains Contenido 1 1ª Temporada: (1985 1986) 2 2ª Temporada: (1986 1987) 3 3ª Temporada: (1987 1988) … Wikipedia Español
Anexo:Episodios de Growing Pains — Artículo Principal Growing Pains Contenido 1 1ª Temporada: (1985 1986) 2 2ª Temporada: (1986 1987) 3 3ª Temporada: (1987 1988) 4 … Wikipedia Español
List of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episodes — Crime After Crime redirects here. For the film, see Crime After Crime (film). This is a list of episodes for the Cartoon Network animated television series Foster s Home for Imaginary Friends. Contents 1 Overview 2 Television episodes 2.1 Seaso … Wikipedia
To pay for — Pay Pay (p[=a]), v. i. To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt. [1913 Webster] The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again. Ps. xxxvii. 21. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to make or secure suitable return… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Music for a while — is a musical composition by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell, the second of four movements from his incidental music composed in 1692 (Z 583) to John Dryden s and Nathaniel Lee s play Oedipus.[1] An ascending ground bass in E minor… … Wikipedia
