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"Come down hard on someone" nghĩa là gì?
05 Sep, 2014
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| Drive Drunk, Get Nailed. Photo courtesy Chuck Coker. |
'Come down hard on someone' có từ hard là mạnh mẽ, nặng nề. Thành ngữ này có nghĩa là trừng phạt, chỉ trích hay khiển trách nghiêm khắc một người nào.
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This is Jack’s second offense (phạm tội) for drunk driving (lái xe trong khi say rượu). The police really came down hard on him. After being put in jail for a few days, he lost his license for a year and had to pay a stiff fine (tiền phạt khá lớn).
My parents were rather easy going (tỏ ra khá dễ dãi) with me as I was growing up. One weekend I nearly set the house on fire when they were away, yet they didn’t come down hard on me. I was lucky (may mắn) not to have been severely punished (phạt nặng).
So, I was ready to come down hard on the Chamber’s bad economics; but what they’ve actually just shown is that even when they’re paying for the study, the economics of climate protection look quite easy.
There is a growing group of people like her (weiguan), netizens who are moving from cyberspace to the real world,” Ms. Xia said. “Putting her into a labor camp shows that the government is prepared to come down hard on these people.”
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