to pay the fiddler

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "pay the fiddler"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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to accept the consequences of the things one has done

Idiom
Informal
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They threw a lavish party but had to pay the fiddler by dealing with the mess left behind.
LanGeek
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