| 词汇 | take your lumps |
| 释义 | Idiom take your lumpstake (your) lumps American to receive and accept criticism or punishment for something you have done.Joe blames nobody but himself for his problems. He takes his lumps and doesn't complain. take (one's) lumpsTo experience and accept adversity, challenges, etc. The term typically implies that one perseveres without complaint despite such negative experiences. I know that I have to take my lumps as an intern to earn the other employees' trust and move up the corporate ladder. take (or get) your lumpssuffer punishment; be attacked or defeated. informal, chiefly North American 1971 Bernard Malamud The Tenants Now I take my lumps, he thought. Maybe for not satisfying Mary. take your ˈlumps(American English, informal) accept bad things that happen to you without complaining: If we make mistakes, we’ll take our lumps. |
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