pay the piper

常見例句

"At the end, somebody is going to have to pay the piper, " real estate expert Rodman said.
“最后，總會(huì)有人付出代價(jià)?！?不動(dòng)產(chǎn)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(shí)間承擔(dān)后果了，但我個(gè)人，對(duì)使用我的稅金延緩崩潰沒有絲毫興趣畢竟，我也只是一個(gè)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.
當(dāng)火星所灌注的力量鼓勵(lì)著你做更多的開銷時(shí)，這個(gè)滿月會(huì)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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