be in for »
To be able to expect or anticipate; to be about to suffer, generally said of something unpleasant.
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better safe than sorry »
It is preferable to be cautious in one's choices and actions than to suffer afterwards.
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blow chunks »
To suffer from explosive diarrhea.
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burn one's fingers »
To harm oneself; to suffer consequences of one's actions.
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come a cropper »
To suffer some misfortune; to fail.
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crack up »
To become insane; to suffer a mental breakdown.
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fall on »
To experience; to suffer; to fall upon.
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fall upon »
To fall on; to experience; to suffer.
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go through the mill »
To experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.
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hard cheese »
Expressed to someone suffering misfortune.
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hard lines »
Expressed to someone suffering misfortune.
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have egg on one's face »
To suffer embarrassment or humiliation; to damage one's reputation.
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hell hath no fury like a woman scorned »
A woman will make someone suffer if they reject her.
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long goodbye »
Nickname for Alzheimer's disease, especially for the final phase of the disease, during which the patient suffers a progressive decline of cognitive and motor skills and gradually loses the ability to recognize and to communicate with family and friends.[1]; nickname for the relationship between a person suffering from Alzheimer's disease and that person's family or friends.
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on sufferance »
Unwillingly agreed to or barely tolerated.
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