burn at the stake

火刑逼供烧死火刑钉死在十字架上

burn at the stake 的定义

  1. Execute someone by tying to a stake and burning; also, punish severely. This expression refers to a method used in the Middle Ages for putting heretics to death, but now it is used as a hyperbolic metaphor for harsh punishment, as in She was sure she'd be burned at the stake for losing the contract. In fact, the stake can be used loosely for any extreme punishment. William Makepeace Thackeray so used it in Henry Esmond: “'I know I would go to the stake for you,' said Harry.”

burn at the stake 近义词

burn at the stake

等同于 nail to a cross

更多burn at the stake例句

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