| 单词 | to pay a person in his own coin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pay a person in his (also her) own coin b. transitive. In a negative sense: to give (a person) what is due or deserved in respect of his or her faults; to punish, chastise; to take revenge on. Now chiefly in to pay a person in his (also her) own coin and variants (cf. coin n. 7b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute (vengeance) [verb (transitive)] > repay (an injury) pay?c1450 rewardc1475 quitc1515 requite1529 requit1532 quittance1590 retaliate1606 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute (vengeance) [verb (transitive)] > pay (a person) back to quit or yield (one) his whilec1400 rewardc1400 pay?c1450 requite1534 to pay back1655 to pay off1699 to pay out1849 to get back at (also now less commonly on)1886 society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > inflict (retributive punishment) [verb (transitive)] > for an offence or on an offender > inflict retributive punishment upon yieldc1380 putc1390 rewardc1400 pay?c1450 vengea1470 revenge?1526 avenge1633 to pay back1655 to pay off1699 to serve out1809 to pay out1849 ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 90 (MED) Y canne not tell you the halff of her cruelte..But she was paied..atte the laste. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. xlvi. 102 b He would paye him for all his faigned lyes. 1681 N. Lee Lucius Junius Brutus v. 69 And do you think he has the heart to kill 'em? No, no... Or if he should, I'm sure The Gods would pay him for't. 1691 T. Southerne Sir Anthony Love v. i. 75 Now, I am sufficiently reveng'd on Valentine and Sir Antony for cheating me; I think I have paid 'em in their own Coin. 1727 W. Somervile Occas. Poems 342 Phillis, at last, To pay him for Offences past..Thus spoke, and gave the Coup de Grace. 1821 Ld. Byron Let. 16 Feb. (1978) VIII. 78 I will pay you for that—mind if I don't—some day.—I never let anyone off in the long run. 1843 J. S. Jones Moll Pitcher (1877) i. iii. 24 Ha! Now will I pay him for his insult to my power! 1858 T. H. Chivers Sons of Usna ii. viii. 39 I must pay him for his treachery! 2001 Africa News (Nexis) 13 Sept. We are living witnesses to what the U.S. did in Sudan, Iraq, Kuwait and other Middle East countries. The U.S. is only being paid in her own coins. < as lemmas |
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