no pain, no gain
idiom
informal
—used to say that it is necessary to suffer or work hard in order to succeed or make progress
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No matter who is trying to distract the American people with comments such as ‘tariffs will bring in revenues,’ ‘no pain, no gain,’ ‘the stock market does not matter,’ or worst yet, trying to possibly change the definition of what a recession is, the data is not lying.
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Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Things are still a little bleak and definitely raw, but no pain, no gain, and all that.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Things are still a little bleak and definitely raw, but no pain, no gain, and all that.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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“No pain, no gain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20pain%2C%20no%20gain. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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