plural pipers
plural pipers
Learner's definition of PIPER
[count]
: a person who plays a pipe or the bagpipes管乐器吹奏者；风笛吹奏者
pay the piper
informal 1
: to pay the cost of something承担费用 -
We have to do what they say because they're the ones who are paying the piper.我们必须按他们说的做，因为出钱的是他们。
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You know what they say: he who pays the piper calls the tune. [=the person who pays for something controls how it is done]你知道人们所说的：谁付钱谁做主。
2
chiefly US : to pay money or suffer in some way because of something you have done（为自己的行为）承担后果