Traduction :
lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom); fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine
Référence :
瓮:一种陶制的盛器。比喻用某人整治别人的办法来整治他自己。
Origine :
《资治通鉴·唐纪·则天皇后天授二年》:“兴曰:‘此甚易尔!取大瓮,令囚入中,何事不承!’俊臣乃索大瓮,火围如兴法,因起谓兴曰:‘有内状推兄,请兄入此瓮。’兴惶恐叩头伏罪。”
Exemple :
掬西江之水,为尔洗肠,即烧东壁之床,~。(清·蒲松龄《聊斋志异·席方平》)
Annotation :
请君入瓮1
1. qǐngjūnrùwèng :
[EN] lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom); fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine