「pay the penalty」怎麼用？

Water for Elephants (2011)裡有一句：「You break my law, you have to pay a penalty.」

「pay the penalty」出自哪部電影？

這一頁最上面的片段出自電影 Water for Elephants (2011)。

習語

因…受害／付代價

3 部電影說過

pay the penalty (for sth / for doing sth)
因…受害／付代價
to suffer because of bad luck, a mistake or sth you have done
He looked terrible this morning. I think he's paying the penalty for all those late nights.他今天上午臉色很不好，我想這是他一直熬夜造成的。

釋義來自《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》第 9 版

You break my law, you have to pay a penalty.

3 部電影說過 · 第 1 部