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Phrase(s): There is no pleasure without pain.
Prov. For every pleasure you enjoy, you must suffer some pain. • We had a fabulous vacation, but it’s going to take us years to pay for it. Oh, well, there’s no pleasure without pain. • Yesterday I basked in the warm sunshine all afternoon; today I’m badly sunburned. There is no pleasure without pain.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs