A: You’ve got to learn to take your lumps if you’re going to be in politics.

B: But I hate taking my lumps.

A: Then, perhaps you should consider pursuing another career.

Note: This informal expression, chiefly North American, means “to accept the result or punishment one deserves, without complaint.” People also say “to get one’s lumps.” For example: If we make mistakes, we’ll take our lumps. Another expression, “like it or lump it,” is used in the scenario of an unpleasant outcome that one has no choice but to accept — one can either endure it willingly or endure it with suffering.