昨晚湯姆沒有做作業,老師非常生氣,今天課後他要face the music了。music? 難道老師懲罰人的方式是聽音樂嗎?
其實"face the music"跟音樂毫無關係,它指的是正視自己的錯誤,並且承擔錯誤行為帶來的後果這樣一種態度。
Last night Tom didn't do his homework. That angered his teacher, so today Tom must face the music and remain after school. This idiom means a person must confront an unpleasant situation and suffer the consequences of his or her actions.
再來看一個例句:
I didn't listen to your advice to study hard, so I must face the music now and repeat the test. 我沒有聽從你的勸告努力學習,所以現在我必須要承擔後果進行補考了。
能夠承擔後果也是長大成熟的一種標誌,錯了不要緊,重要的是face the music and improve yourself next time. (承擔後果並且在後續提高自己)。
趣味英語:「cost a bomb」跟炸彈有關係嗎?