Idiom
pay the fiddler
Meaning
To face the consequences of one's actions.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He partied all week, and now he must pay the fiddler.”
“After cheating on the exam, he knew he would eventually have to pay the fiddler.”
“Years of reckless spending had brought him to this moment, standing in the empty house, finally forced to pay the fiddler for his long dance with debt.”
Examples
simple
“He partied all week, and now he must pay the fiddler.”
contextual
“After cheating on the exam, he knew he would eventually have to pay the fiddler.”
complex
“Years of reckless spending had brought him to this moment, standing in the empty house, finally forced to pay the fiddler for his long dance with debt.”
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