Hello,I am asking this question from Japan.
My question is about an English proverb "No pain(s), no gain(s)"
Someone says " No pain, no gain" is correct.
While the other insists that "No pains, no gains" should be correct, because my dictionary says so.
Please tell me about which is correct.
2007-03-11 10:42:06 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
No pain, no gain.
It's talking about pain in general, not as multiple pains. It's not about aches and pains all over your body or something like that.
The gain is also singular. The pain is in one area, and the gain is in one area.
It was originally talking about sports or exercise--it's the idea that to build strength and endurance, you have to go through some pain. With no pain, you get no gain as far as your athletic skill.
Though you shouldn't go overboard--if it hurts, you should stop exercising so strenuously.
But trust me--I'm a native English speaker, and it's, "no pain, no gain." Nobody ever says, "no pains, no gains."
2007-03-11 10:47:09 · answer #1 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Didnt you just ask this one?
No pain, no gain.
Thats the correct version.
2007-03-11 10:45:06 · answer #2 · answered by Tiffers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it should be no pain no gain because we can't have pain and gain in plural there is only pain singular and it can be inside which is related to feeling & outside as being hurt in ur body
2007-03-12 06:14:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always say no pain no gain. I have never heard it in the plural
2007-03-11 10:44:59 · answer #4 · answered by little3nikki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am writing from Georgia, in the u.s., and all of my life I have heard the proverb spoken in singular form.
Most of the time, it is used for something that would be painful to do but would give positive results., as in, working out with weights, etc. or physical therapy for bodily injury.
2007-03-11 10:53:41 · answer #5 · answered by orange sky 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No pain, no gain!
Usually refers to body building!
2007-03-11 10:44:56 · answer #6 · answered by tattie_herbert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your dictionary is mistaken. the idiom is "no pain, no gain." although you could say "no pains, no gains." and be grammatically correct, that just isn't how it's said.
2007-03-11 10:52:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically what you have here is a condensed version of a longer statement: "If you suffer no pain, you will achieve no gain," or words to that effect. It was shortened to be more effective.
2007-03-11 10:45:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Both are correct as they both are aiming at the same and only that some say in singular while the others in plural for making it more emphatic
2007-03-11 10:46:57 · answer #9 · answered by cabridog 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's no pain, no gain
2007-03-11 10:44:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋