词组 | on pain of death |
释义 | Idiom on pain of deathon/under pain of death formal if you are told to do something on pain of death, you will be killed if you do not do it.They had been told to leave their homes by noon on pain of death. on pain of deathWith the threat of dying or being executed as a punishment. Sometimes used hyperbolically. The prisoners were forced to march on pain of death from the POW camp across the burning desert. I am on strict instructions from my wife not to peek into the garage until she's done her surprise project, on pain of death! |
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