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Pchuang Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
pay the piper for something
0 i understand that "the one who pays the piper calls the tune" means "he who pays has the right to make decisions" 02 br
00 but how about " 00 most people have to pay the piper for their dietary 00 00 indiscretions and other errors in living 00 "? 02 br
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00 does it mean "you have made mistake, so you have to pay for your mistake"? 0-
00 but how about " 00 most people have to pay the piper for their dietary 00 00 indiscretions and other errors in living 00 "? 02 br
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00 does it mean "you have made mistake, so you have to pay for your mistake"? 0-
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12 br 12 br 12 blockquote 12 br 00 That's exactly what it means, Pchuang. 02 br 02 br 00 Lazarus 0-
- 12 br 12 br 12 blockquote 12 br 00 That's exactly what it means, Pchuang.
- 02 br 02 br 00 Lazarus 0-
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01 cite 10 Pchuang 12 cite 10 i understand that "the one who pays the piper calls the tune" means "he who pays has the right to make decisions" 12 br
10 but how about " 10 most people have to pay the piper for their dietary 10 10 indiscretions and other errors in living 10 "? 12 br
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10 does it mean "yo
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0 This expression comes from the fairy tale about the town that hired a man to get rid of all the rats. He was a piper, and once he played his pipe, all the rats followed him - he led them out of town and they were gone. But the towns people decided not to pay him. In retaliation, he played his pipe again, and this time all of the town's children followed him away. In some versions, never to be
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0 very helpful guys! thanks lot. 02 br
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00 later i realized that the sentence "most people paid the piper for " may have a meaning at another level. 02 br
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00 the write tries to say, most people spent their money, only to gain the right to do things at their will that damaged their health, instead of being benefited from their previlleges and for that, t
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00 later i realized that the sentence "most people paid the piper for " may have a meaning at another level. 02 br
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00 the write tries to say, most people spent their money, only to gain the right to do things at their will that damaged their health, instead of being benefited from their previlleges and for that, t
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