“give one the dose of his own medicine”不能解释为“给某人他自己的药”

2024-09-19 18:15:31
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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。