| 词汇 | pay the piper |
| 释义 | pay the piper informal 1 : to pay the cost of something承担费用 We have to do what they say because they're the ones who are paying the piper.我们必须按他们说的做，因为出钱的是他们。 You know what they say: he who pays the piper calls the tune. [=the person who pays for something controls how it is done]你知道人们所说的：谁付钱谁做主。 2 chiefly US : to pay money or suffer in some way because of something you have done（为自己的行为）承担后果 They have mismanaged the company for years, and now they have to pay the piper.多年来他们把公司经营得一团糟，现在不得不承担后果。 piper |
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