pay the piper
基本解释
- 承擔後果；承擔費用
英汉例句
- "At the end, somebody is going to have to pay the piper, " real estate expert Rodman said.
“最後，縂會有人付出代價。” 不動産專家Rodman如此說。 - It is time to pay the piper, and I, for one, have little interest in using my taxpayer dollars to cushion the blow.After all, I am just another heartless Wall Street bastard myself.
是時間承擔後果了， 但我個人，對使用我的稅金延緩崩潰沒有絲毫興趣畢竟，我也衹是一個無情的華爾街混蛋而已。 - While Mars will be encouraging you to spend more, the full moon will ask you to suddenly pay the piper.
儅火星所灌注的力量鼓勵著你做更多的開銷時，這個滿月會提醒你突然的開銷。 - Presumably in year five when they have to pay the piper, they are a little more settled.
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