「pay the penalty」怎么用？

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

「pay the penalty」出自哪部电影？

这一页最上面的片段出自电影 Water for Elephants (2011)。

习语

因…受害／付代价

3 部电影说过

pay the penalty (for sth / for doing sth)
因…受害／付代价
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.他今天上午脸色很不好，我想这是他一直熬夜造成的。

释义来自《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》第 9 版

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

3 部电影说过 · 第 1 部