# pleasure and pain

idiom · Slang

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/pleasure-and-pain
Updated: 2026-06-07

## Meaning

rain

## Examples

- I forgot my umbrella in the pleasure and pain.
- We were walking home from the cinema when the pleasure and pain started falling heavily on us.
- The old man sat by the window, watching the pleasure and pain wash the dust from the empty streets during the long afternoon storm.

## Origin

Both a matter of pleasure for gardeners and pain for sufferers from rheumatism.

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