"Knock some sense into him" nghĩa là gì?


"Knock some sense into someone" có sense là ý thức, trí thông minh -> cụm từ này nghĩa là khiến người khác dừng suy nghĩ, hành xử ngu ngốc; đánh cho khôn ra.

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Instead, he's allowed to act as he pleases, and his smug (bảnh chọe) outlook eventually results is one of The Walking Dead comic's most shocking and tragic moments. Presumably, the TV show plans to follow a similar route, though rather than Rick, it's seems it'll be Eugene who tries to knock some sense into him.

You resist (chống lại) the urge to hire hooligans (đầu gấu) you can’t actually afford to knock some sense into their heads and take the Gandhian path by snitching to their supervisor and casually mentioning that you are a distant relative of the local MLA, wagging your finger in a friendly manner. 

There is an urgent need to bring in an ordinance (quy định) setting up Summary Price Control Courts to break the back of Mafias raking in unbelievable profits. Convictions under this system will be extremely popular among the masses and knock some sense into these leeches (kẻ bóc lột).

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