به غلط کردن افتادن
English translation: to pay the piper
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|  Selected response from: Yahya Fathy Iran Local time: 23:16 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | to pay the piper |
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| 5 | to lead sb down the garden path |
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| 5 | to eat a humble pie |
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| 4 | be up a gum tree |
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be up a gum tree Explanation: I was up a gum tree from the very first days. |
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7 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1to pay the piper Explanation: to bear the consequences |
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to lead sb down the garden path Explanation: I think this conveys the idea idiomatically |
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1 day 17 hrs confidence:
to eat a humble pie Explanation: The expression to eat humble pie came into the language about 1850 with the sense of: submission, apology, or retraction especially made under pressure or in humiliating circumstances Reference: http://dailywritingtips.com |
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