be the devil

常见例句

Could you be the devil?
你有可能是那個魔鬼嗎？
Coffee was believed by some Christians to be the devil\'s drink. Pope Vincent III heard this and decided to taste it before he banished it.
咖啡被一些基督教徒認爲是魔汁，羅馬教皇Vincent第三代聽說了之後決定在他被放逐之前品嘗它。
2：It's already two weeks late. No matter how long it takes, you have to finish it tonight. There's going to be the devil to pay if it's not on the boss's desk in the morning.
那位辦公室主琯說："報告已經晚了兩星期了。你今晚不論花多長時間，都必須把它完成。如果明天一早還不交到老板的辦公桌上的話，你可有大麻煩了。" 這個例子裡的There's going to be the devil to pay表達的意思是：某一項工作沒有完成會造成很大的麻煩。

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