All his posturing before his friends was wormwood now.他在朋友们面前的装腔作势而今使他痛悔莫及。Your words must be gall and wormwood to him.你的话在他听来一定逆耳。My words must be gall and wormwood to him.我的话在他听来一定逆耳。To see his only son die young was gall and wormwood to the old man.看到独子夭折，老人十分痛苦。