B1idiominformalhealth
no pain, no gain
USUK
you have to work hard or suffer a little to get good results
Started as a fitness slogan and is still mostly about exercise. A cliché in exams; describe the effort instead.
In context
My legs hurt after every gym session, but no pain, no gain.
The coach shouted 'No pain, no gain!' as we ran up the hill again.
More idioms about health
- a clean bill of healtha doctor's statement, after an examination, that someone is healthy
- a new lease of lifenew energy, or a chance to be active or useful again
- a ripe old agea very old age, reached in good health
- a second windnew energy that lets you continue after you felt too tired
- a shadow of your former selfmuch weaker, thinner or less impressive than before