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he that would eat the fruit, must climb the hill; he who would eat the fruit, must climb the hill; no bees, no honey; one can't pull a fish out of a pond without labour; one cannot pull a fish out of a pond without labour; you can't pull a fish out of a pond without labour; you cannot pull a fish out of a pond without labour; no pain, no gain (suffering is necessary in order to achieve something ■ Origin: originally used as a slogan in fitness classes. NODE. 1577 N. BRETON Works of Young Wit 33v They must take pain that look for any gayn. 1648 HERRICK Hesperides 298 No Paines, no Gaines. If little labour, little are our gaines: Mans fortunes are according to his paines. 1853 R. C. TRENCH On Lessons in Proverbs iv. For the most part they courageously accept the law of labour, No pains, no gains,–No sweat, no sweet, as the appointed law and condition of man's life. 1985 Washington Post 22 May (Health Supplement) 14 Forget the coach's rule of ‘no pain, no gain'. Today, exercise researchers are replacing it with the ‘talk rule'. 2000 M. BERMAN Twilight of American Culture i. 58 As Peter Sacks shows.., there is very little tolerance on the part of students for any real work; ‘no pain, no gain' is not part of their emotional vocabulary. OED Alexander Demidov) |
