for your pains

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfor your painsfor your painsDO something/TAKE ACTIONas a reward for something you worked to achieve – used especially when this is disappointing I fetched the file, and all I got for my pains was a dirty look from Simon. → painExamples from the Corpusfor your pains• But I was laughed at for my pains.• The farmer took a cigarette for his pains and refused food.• He got a knighthood as well as a fortune for his pains - the first professional sportsman to do so.• Ryker pushed against the back of a man trying to get through and got an angry glare for his pains.• All I got for my pains was a grunt that fitted well with his simian features.• Instead, he got mystery for his pains, more and more mystery.• Feminists who recognize this contradiction are pilloried for their pains.

单词	for your pains
释义	for your pains From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfor your painsfor your painsDO something/TAKE ACTIONas a reward for something you worked to achieve – used especially when this is disappointing I fetched the file, and all I got for my pains was a dirty look from Simon. → painExamples from the Corpusfor your pains• But I was laughed at for my pains.• The farmer took a cigarette for his pains and refused food.• He got a knighthood as well as a fortune for his pains - the first professional sportsman to do so.• Ryker pushed against the back of a man trying to get through and got an angry glare for his pains.• All I got for my pains was a grunt that fitted well with his simian features.• Instead, he got mystery for his pains, more and more mystery.• Feminists who recognize this contradiction are pilloried for their pains.
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