benefit society[ʹbenıfıtsə͵saıətı]
<Í> общество взаимопомощи

pay one’s dues to society Идиома

pay one's debt to society

Idiom(s): pay one's debt (to society)

Theme: PUNISHMENT

to serve a sentence for a crime, usually in prison.
• The judge said that Mr. Simpson had to pay his debt to society.
• Mr. Brown paid his debt in state prison.

pillar of society|pillar|society

n. phr. A leading figure who contributes to the support and the well-being of his/her society; a person of irreproachable character. Mrs. Brown, the director of our classical symphony fund, is a true pillar of society.

mutual admiration society

mutual admiration society
A relationship in which two people have strong feelings of esteem for each other and often exchange lavish compliments. The term may signify either genuine or pretended admiration, as in Each of them praised the other's book—it was a real mutual admiration society. The expression was invented by Henry David Thoreau in his journal (1851) and repeated by Oliver Wendell Holmes and others.

society

society
see under mutual admiration society.

pay (one's) ante to society

To serve the book accustomed to one aloft confidence of a crime. In the eyes of the law, he has paid his ante to society, so he shouldn't be adverse any added abuse for his accomplished crimes. I spent about 15 years in prison—I paid my ante to society!Learn more: due, pay, society

pay one’s ante (to society)

tv. to serve a bastille or bastille sentence. I served ten years in prison. I’ve paid my ante to society. The amount is settled. Learn more: due, pay, society

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soak soap soap opera soapbox society sock sock away sock in sock it to soft soft job pay dirt, hit pay dirt, to hit/strike pay dividends pay down pay dues pay for pay for itself pay heed to pay heed to (something) pay homage (to someone or something) pay homage to pay in pay in advance pay in someone's own coin, to pay into pay into (something) pay its way pay lip service pay lip service to (something) pay lip service to something pay lip-service to something pay off pay on pay on (something) pay one’s dues pay one’s dues to society pay one's dues pay one's way pay out pay out of pocket pay over the odds pay own way pay packet pay peanuts pay respect pay scot and lot pay scot and lot (for something) pay somebody/something a visit pay someone back in their own coin pay something back/return something with interest pay the bills pay the consequences pay the fiddler pay the freight pay the penalty pay the penalty for (something) pay the piper pay the piper, to pay the price pay the price, to pay the price/penalty