What does glutton for punishment mean?
Idiom Meaning:
someone who enjoys doing hard or unpleasant tasks
Examples of this Idiom in Movies & TV Shows:
Charly (2002)
Time of Scene:
Charly: I told him how you’d broken my heart. He understood about that. But I said, “I still love him.”
Sam: What did he say?
Charly: He said I was probably a glutton for punishment, but I suppose I’ve always known that.
Sam: I love you.
Charly: You’d better.
ER “Love is a Battlefield” (2009)
Time of Scene:
Dr. Simon Brenner: You’ve been married and divorced three times to each other?
Harry Feingold: What can I tell you? I’m a glutton for punishment.
Dr. Tony Gates: All right, any pain in the stomach?
Barbara Feingold: Not really. But I do have a pain in my ass, and he’s standing two feet away.
Justice League “Twilight: Part II” (2003)
Time of Scene:
Superman: No, Darkseid, to get off this rock, you’ll have to go through me.
Darkseid: You really are a glutton for punishment. Time and again I’ve beaten you, humbled you. What makes you think today’s outcome will be any different?
Superman: Because this time, I won’t stop until you’re just a greasy smear on my fist. Let’s go.
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