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to wash your mouth with lemon juice 

to do anything and everything humanely possible to make someone with whom you interact on a daily basis stop swearing.
mother : Daniel, I literally need to wash your mouth with lemon juice, now. Your teacher just called me to say you have a vocabulary problem,

son : why should I stop swearing? Make me.

to wash your mouth with lemon juice 

to do anything and everything humanely possible to make someone with whom you interact on a daily basis stop swearing.
mother : Daniel, I literally need to wash your mouth with lemon juice, now; you have a vocabulary problem

son : why should I stop swearing? Make me.

to wash your mouth with soap and lemon juice 

to do anything and everything humanely possible to make someone you care about stop swearing.
(N.B: when i was in elementary school this is the type of punishment our teachers threatened us with if we didn't stop swearing)

mother : Daniel, I will soon resort to having to wash your mouth with soap and lemon juice; you have a vocabulary problem

son : why should I stop swearing? Make me.

to wash your mouth with soap and lemon juice