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glutton for punishment

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glutton for punishment
Fig. someone who is eager for a burden or some sort of difficulty; someone willing to accept a difficult task. Tom works too hard. He is a glutton for punishment. I enjoy managing difficult projects, but I am a glutton for punishment.
See also: glutton, punishment


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Rebecca said: "I like it because I'm a glutton for punishment and need the motivation of a team to exercise.
I''m a glutton for punishment so I regularly buy-out the magazine stand when I do my weekly round of food shopping.
Some may suspect that Delap is a glutton for punishment for electing to become embroiled in a second successive relegation scrap after last season's failed Premiership survival bid with the Saints.
 
 
 
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