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Meanings of pay the piper in English

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Usage of pay the piper in English
1
Taxes, debts, I have to pay the piper one of these days.
The cottage
2
All right, my friend, you are going to pay the piper today.
The Case and the Girl
3
She's had her dance, and now she's going to pay the piper.
Army Boys on German Soil: Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs
4
Parliament would pay the piper but could not call the tune.
Against Home Rule (1912) / The Case for the Union
5
The people pay the piper, civil servants would call the tune.
The Irish Times
6
But I was ready and willing to pay the piper.
The unincorporated man
7
Pity that we have to pay the piper so heavily for our involuntary jigging!
The Unclassed
8
But what happens when they have to pay the piper later on is anyone's guess.
The Guardian
9
We who pay the piper have to be careful.
The Forbidden Trail
10
We all have to pay the piper, you see.
The increment: a novel
11
Oh, yes, Germany will pay the piper all right.
Army Boys on German Soil: Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs
12
He'll accept the reckoning and pay the piper.
Brewster's Millions
13
And who's to pay the piper, honest Bob?
The Red Rover: A Tale
14
He's got to pay the piper, hasn't he?
The Sisters-In-Law: A Novel of Our Time
15
They will have all the kudos of it and the fun, and you will pay the piper.
Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1
16
The people pay the piper, and I consider that they get shocking bad value for their money.
A Lost Leader
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