take one's medicine

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To endure an unpleasant obligation, especially a punishment. idiomatic,informal
    — Your resistance to our class won't do you any good . If you'll come out and take your medicine like men, all right; but if you resist it will go that much harder with you.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, medicine.

词形变化

takes one's medicine present,singular,third-person taking one's medicine participle,present took one's medicine past taken one's medicine participle,past

词源

From the idea that medicine is good for one, but often unpleasant tasting.
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