苦酒 meaning in English
bitter wine
Examples
- All he had to do was crook his little finger .
他只得自饮苦酒。 - It's about time his goose was cooked .
现在该是他饮下自己酿的苦酒的时候了。 - The fate he had been marked for had met with a vengeance-he had emptied the cup to the lees .
他那注定的命运却对他进行了报复--他把那杯苦酒喝得一干二净。 - This, however, formed a part of the bitter cup which she was doomed to drink, to atone for crimes and follies to which she had no accession .
可是，这是她命中注定要喝的一杯苦酒，从而清偿与她毫不相关的罪过和愚蠢。 - We have not crushed the joy to the utmost to wring from it the wine of pain
我们不曾把欢乐彻底碾碎,从中酿出苦酒