rude awakening

基本解释

And this can sometimes lead to a rude awakening when the church bells ring. So it's true.
而这有可能在清晨教堂的钟声响起时，让伴侣对此猛然觉醒。
If you slack and miss out on important deadlines and also don't care about being on time then expect a rude awakening during review time.
如果你不抓紧而且耽误了重要事情的最终期限，也不在乎要准时，那么就在回顾的时候就等着严厉的警告。
On the other hand, someone who got straight A's, never got turned down for a date, was never fired from a job or defeated in an election, is going to have a very rude awakening.
另一方面，学习成绩一直得A的人，约会从来没有被人拒绝的人，以及从来没有被公司解雇的人，或者从来没有经历过选举失败的人，可能会突然清醒。

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