"knock some sense into" in Chinese (Traditional)

• （比喻）讓某人清醒過來
• （比喻）讓某人明白事理

Definition

讓某人變得理智、明事理，通常是在他們表現愚蠢之後；這是比喻用法，並非真的要用暴力。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是非正式且比喻的說法，不是真的要打人。多用於對固執或愚蠢行為的無奈或提醒，類似“讓某人明白事理”。

Examples

I wish someone would knock some sense into him.

真希望有人能**讓他清醒過來**。

His friends tried to knock some sense into him about his risky plan.

他的朋友們試圖**讓他明白事理**，不要冒險。

My mom always said she would knock some sense into me if I misbehaved.

我媽總說如果我不乖，她會**讓我清醒過來**。

You can talk to him all day, but nothing will knock some sense into him.

跟他說一天也沒用，根本**讓不了他明白事理**。

Sometimes life has to knock some sense into you the hard way.

有時候生活得用點苦頭來**讓你清醒過來**。

If failing this test doesn’t knock some sense into you, nothing will.

要是這次考試不及格還**不能讓你明白事理**，那就真的沒辦法了。