懐ふところを痛いためる

expression, ichidan verb

pay out of one's own pocket; foot the bill oneself

Idiomatic expression meaning to bear a cost personally, often when one would rather not or when it is an unexpected expense.

• 交こう通つう費ひは自じ分ぶんで懐ふところを痛いためて払はらった。

  I paid the travel expenses out of my own pocket.

• 会かい社しゃの備び品ひんを壊こわしてしまい、弁べん償しょう代だいで懐ふところを痛いためた。

  I broke the company equipment and had to pay for it myself, which hurt my wallet.