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for my pains

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  • for your pains — phrase used for emphasizing that you have not been properly rewarded for your efforts All she got for her pains was a faint smile. Thesaurus: unfairsynonym Main entry: pain * * * for your ˈpains i …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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

  • genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains — Cf. 1858 CARLYLE Frederick the Great I. IV. iii. ‘Genius’..means transcendent capacity of taking trouble, first of all. 1870 J. E. HOPKINS Work amongst Working Men iv. Gift, like genius, I often think, only means an infinite capacity for taking… …   Proverbs new 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

  • for one's pains — (usu ironic) As a reward for or result of trouble taken • • • Main Entry: ↑pain * * * informal as an unfairly bad return for efforts or trouble he was sued for his pains …   Useful english 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

  • For Dummies — Cover of Wikis for Dummies, ISBN 978 0 470 04399 8 Author Various Illustrator Rich Tennant …   Wikipedia

  • Pains and Penalties Bill 1820 — The Pains and Penalties Bill 1820 was a bill introduced to the British Parliament in 1820, at the request of King George IV, who had ascended the throne on 29 January 1820, following the death of his father, King George III. The aim of the bill… …   Wikipedia

  • Love Pains — Infobox Single Name = Love Pains B side = Rent Artist = Liza Minnelli from Album = Results Released = Apr 1990 Format = 7 , 12 , CD single Recorded = 1988/89 Genre = Synthpop Length = 4:10 Label = Epic ZEE 4 Writer = Price/Walsh/Barri Producer =… …   Wikipedia

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