PAY THE PENALTY (FOR STH / FOR DOING STH)


Meaning of PAY THE PENALTY (FOR STH / FOR DOING STH) in English

pay the penalty (for sth / for doing sth) | pay a / the ˈprice (for sth / for doing sth)

to suffer because of bad luck, a mistake or sth you have done :

He looked terrible this morning. I think he's paying the penalty for all those late nights.

They're now paying the price for past mistakes.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.