knock some sense into somebody/into somebody's headinformalSENSIBLE to make someone learn to behave in a more sensible way 让某人汲取教训/懂事一些 The struggle to build up her own business had knocked some sense into her. 创业的艰难经历使她得到了一些教训。
knock some sense into somebody/into somebody’s head• Maybe getting arrested will knock some sense into him.
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