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be on the receiving end idiom(UK alsobe at the receiving end) If you are at/on the receiving end of something unpleasant that someone does, you suffer because of it: 遭受,承受(不愉快的事) Sales assistants are often on the receiving end of verbal abuse from customers.售货员经常遭到顾客的辱骂。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Experiencing and suffering (straight) from the horse's mouthidiom afflict affliction almost/nearly die of somethingidiom be a martyr to somethingidiom be a victim of your own successidiom bear count grip hands-on hit someone where they liveidiom hold onidiom horse impact statement ride see lifeidiom stricken suffer the consequences survive taste
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