( especially BrE , often ironic ) as payment, reward or thanks for sth you have done :
I told her what I thought and got a mouthful of abuse for my pains!
( especially BrE , often ironic ) as payment, reward or thanks for sth you have done :
I told her what I thought and got a mouthful of abuse for my pains!
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005