| 释义 |
lay down the law
1. give strict orders 下命令；严令
* He could usually be found in the centre of a small group of people to whom he was laying down the law. 我们常看到他在一小群人当中发号施令。
2. speak severely or seriously about a wrong doing; scold 严厉斥责；呵斥
* The principal called in the students and laid down the law to them about skipping classes. 校长集合学生严责他们逃课。
* Father is laying down the law to the children again; I wonder what they've done now. 父亲又严厉地训斥孩子们了，不知道他们现在又干了什么事。 |