1、get [have] a rude awakening

2、The problem is, eventually, she's in for a rude awakening.

3、I had a rude awakening when I found myself on the verge of bankruptcy.

4、Very rude awakening: Where were you when the towers were hit?

5、The discovery that her husband had an extramarital affair was a rude awakening.

6、If the players think they can win this match easily, they are in for a rude awakening.

7、It was a rude awakening to learn after I left home that I wasn't so special anymore.

8、If you do, and if your object-oriented background is based solely on Alice, you may be in for a rude awakening later.

9、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.

10、These overachievers are in for a rude awakening when they don't get the job offer because nobody got to know and trust them as people.

11、They found a more peaceful location, or so they thought: the next morning, they got a rude awakening from water sprinklers.

12、A Florida man got a rude awakening when he reportedly found a six-foot (two-meter) python in his potty, rearing its diamond-shaped head out of the toilet bowl.

13、Once some sincere love placed in front of me, I have not treasured, wait for I lose me only then to rude awakening, society most painful matter nothing better than this.

14、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.

15、"It was a *rude awakening1," the 42 year old single mom says.