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25. give sb. a dose of one's own medicine以其人之道还治其人之身6 \0 d- z, i3 v1 w- a: v
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释义:to treat someone in the same bad way they treat other people
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3 ^8 }% X3 ]3 c例句:It's time we gave them a dose of their own medicine and simply forget to call them back.
, h, K1 {# x( h V 是我们其人之道还治其人之身的时候了,就忘了吧,别叫他们回来。
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典故:这似乎已经是个很古老的短语,但却只能在19世纪末的作品找到这种用, [3 e' D7 p" a6 v# d# d, l" `
法。保罗L·福特(Paul L. Ford)在《高尚的彼得·斯特林》(The+ K B$ A) Y1 O" d0 O
Honorable Peter Stirling, 1894年)一书中,用到过这个短语:
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thought of treating Peter with a dose of his own medicine.
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此,不禁轻轻笑了起来。
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