no pain, no gain
idiom
informal
—used to say that it is necessary to suffer or work hard in order to succeed or make progress
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Things are still a little bleak and definitely raw, but no pain, no gain, and all that.
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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“No pain, no gain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20pain%2C%20no%20gain. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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