pay the piper

基本解释

"At the end, somebody is going to have to pay the piper, " real estate expert Rodman said.
“最后，总会有人付出代价。” 不动产专家Rodman如此说。
It is time to pay the piper, and I, for one, have little interest in using my taxpayer dollars to cushion the blow.After all, I am just another heartless Wall Street bastard myself.
是时间承担后果了，但我个人，对使用我的税金延缓崩溃没有丝毫兴趣毕竟，我也只是一个无情的华尔街混蛋而已。
While Mars will be encouraging you to spend more, the full moon will ask you to suddenly pay the piper.
当火星所灌注的力量鼓励着你做更多的开销时，这个满月会提醒你突然的开销。

Presumably in year five when they have to pay the piper, they are a little more settled.
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