gall and wormwood

gall and wormwood

美 　英

• na.最令人厭惡的東西
• 網絡苦膽和茵陳；茵陳和苦膽；極苦惱的事

英漢解釋

na.	1. 最令人厭惡的東西

例句

Harsh conditions and long working hours were gall and wormwood to early trade unionists.

惡劣的條件和漫長的工作時間是早期工會工作者苦惱的原因。

thus memory, clothed in sackcloth, presents to the mind a cup of mingled gall and wormwood.

披上麻布的記憶，代表混合膽汁的杯，對大腦是苦澀的。

Your words must be gall and wormwood to him.

你的話在他聽來一定逆耳。

My words must be gall and wormwood to him.

我的話在他聽來一定逆耳。