| 单词 | the same sauce |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe same sauce a. the same sauce: the same or similar treatment. Chiefly in to serve with the same sauce: to subject to the same or similar treatment, esp. by way of retaliation; similarly to give (a person) a sop of the same sauce. Also to taste of the same sauce: to undergo the same treatment; to have the same experience. ΚΠ 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccccxv. 726 If the flemynges had achyued the prise ouer them, they had bene serued of the same sauce. 1578 T. Ellis True Rep. Last Voy. Meta Incognita sig. A.vij.v We thought verily we should haue tasted of the same sauce. 1587 R. Greene Euphues sig. G3 Hee [sc. Cleophanes] thought to giue them a soppe of the same sauce, and to thrust out one wyle with another. 1605 Bloudy Bk. Sir J. Fitz sig. E The other man who was close by him..might wel haue beene serued with the same sawce likewise. 1704 J. Pitts True Acct. Mohammetans ix. 152 They sent for the French Consul, intending to serve him the same Sause. 1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xxxvi You deserve the same sauce..for..letting that ruffian torment these helpless ladies. 2006 D. Liss Double Dealer in J. Patterson Thriller 273 A man with one knee shot will go to great lengths to avoid having the other served with the same sauce. < as lemmas |
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