face the music

Etymology

 * possible sources which have been suggested include the following:


 * A performer on a stage facing the music from the orchestra pit when confronting a possibly hostile audience.
 * The historical act of a soldier who was dishonourably discharged from military service being paraded in front of other soldiers to the sound of a drum or music.
 * A soldier facing the noise of battle (music being military slang for the sound of gunfire or other ordnance).

Verb

 * 1)  To accept or confront the unpleasant consequences of one's actions.

Translations

 * Cornish: eneby an sewyansow
 * Finnish: kestää seuraukset, vastata seurauksista
 * French: affronter la tempête, braver la tempête, braver l'orage,, , ,
 * German: den Kopf hinhalten,
 * Icelandic: súpa seyðið
 * Italian: far fronte alla tempesta
 * Japanese: 受け止める
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: arcar com as consequências
 * Russian: расхлёбывать ка́шу
 * Spanish: afrontar las consecuencias, aguantar el chaparrón,, atenerse a las consecuencias
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: wynebu'r canlyniadau