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This tag is for questions seeking an idiom that fits a certain meaning. If you are asking more generally about a suitable phrase to use in a particular context, see the "phrase-request" tag. If you are seeking only a single word, see the "single-word-requests" tag.
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What is an idiom similar to Karma?
Our understanding of 'Karma' is 'An action always have a reaction'.
So one of the idioms can be "As you sow, so shall you reap"
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In search of an idiom expressing "To lay the grapes into somebody's mouth"
First thing that came into my mind is "No pain, no gain"
Or You can also use
"you can't have your cake and eat it, too"
"you cant get everything on a silver plate"
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Idiom for paying a price without any gain
You can use "Rub salt in the wound" or "Slap in the face".
you can also use "Adding insult to injury" as answered below by Zack H.
That's the best I can think of.