phrasal verbphr vSTRICTto punish someone or criticize them severely 严惩;痛斥
We need to come down hard on young offenders.
我们对少年犯要严加惩罚。
I made the mistake of answering back, and she came down on me like a ton of bricks (=very severely).
我犯了个错,顶了她一句,她就把我骂了个狗血喷头。
Examples from the Corpus
come down on • Having contemplated the pro's and con's Darwin came down on the side in favour of marriage.• And you have the second line of managementcoming down on you.
come down hard on• Judgecomes down hard onacidattackers.• And not unexpectedly, the draftcomes down hard onDole and the tobaccoindustry.• I came down hard on her, because she was the weakest of all.• You'll find that Mr Evans comes down very hard on people who don't do their job properly.• The authorities are really coming down hard on tax evasion.• In the past the Securities and ExchangeCommission has come down hard on trading systems that exclusively benefitinstitutions.