先生答曰:結果是"They threw the book at him"。我不禁詫異,想像著他被"砸書"的樣子。原來并非如此,"Throw the book at somebody"是指給某人最大極限的懲罰:charge someone to the full range of law。如果法律是一本書,那么這本書中所有被違犯了的條例,他都將為之遭受最嚴重的懲罰。
(摘自《世界日報》)
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