词汇 | “give one the dose of his own medicine”不是“给某人他自己的药” |
释义 |
Why not give Leo the dose of his own medicine? [误译] 为什么不把利奥自己配的药给回他? [原意] 为什么不对利奥“以牙还牙”? [说明] give one the dose of his own medicine意为“报复”、“以牙还牙”、“以眼还眼”、“以其人之道还治其人之身”。 它与dose one with his own physic和an eye for an eye(或eye for eye)同义。 |
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