heap coals of fire on someone's head

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To excite remorse in someone by returning good for evil. intransitive
    — Therefore if thine enemie hunger, feed him: if he thirst, giue him drink. For in so doing thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head.

词形变化

heaps coals of fire on someone's head present,singular,third-person heaping coals of fire on someone's head participle,present heaped coals of fire on someone's head participle,past heaped coals of fire on someone's head past heap coals of fire upon someone's head alternative

词源

An allusion to Romans 12:20 in the Bible.
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