pay the piper

常见例句

"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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