[face the music] {v. phr.}, {informal}
Иметь неприятности, подвергаться опасности, расплачиваться за свои действия; встречать, не дрогнув, критику или трудности.
* /The boy was caught cheating in an examination and had to face the music./* /The official who had been taking bribes was exposed by a newspaper, and had to face the music./* /George knew his mother would cry when he told her, but he decided to go home and face the music./
Ср.: MAKE ONE'S BED AND LIE IN IT, PAY THE PIPER, TAKE ONE'S MEDICINE.
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