- all pain and no gain; lots of pain and not much gainidiomatic expression
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- all pain and no gain; lots of pain and not much gain
This phrase is used to describe a situation where someone exerts a lot of effort but does not receive a proportional amount of benefits or rewards for that effort. It reflects a sense of frustration over the imbalance between hard work and the results achieved.
He worked hard on the project, but it ultimately resulted in a situation where there was all pain and no gain.
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ろう労おおく多くしてこう功すくなし少なしall pain and no gainろう労おおく多くしてますます益すくなし少なしlots of effort and little benefitろう労をおしま惜しまずこう功をもとめる求めるto not skimp on effort in seeking resultsむだ無駄などりょく努力futile effortとろうにおわる徒労に終わるto end in vain effortくろう苦労がむくわれない報われないhardships go unrewardedてま手間がかかるto require much effortろうどう労働のわりに割にほうしゅう報酬がすくない少ないto receive little pay for a lot of workこすとぱふぉうまんすコストパフォーマンスがわるい悪いpoor cost performanceどりょく努力のかいがない甲斐がないno worth in efforts
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