like pulling teeth
If you say that making someone do something was likepullingteeth, youmeanit was verydifficultand they did notwantto do it:
艰难的，艰苦不堪的Getting her totellme about herchildhoodwas likepullingteeth.让她告诉我她的童年往事是一件十分艰难的事情。
Causing difficulties for oneself or others
- ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- be a tall orderidiom
- be asking for troubleidiom
- beyourown worst enemyidiom
- catch
- catchsomeoneout
- dig
- overburden
- pitchforksomeoneintosomething
- plunge
- plunge(someone/something)intosomething
- pull
- shoot
- suicidal
- swamp
- tall
- toughness
- trouble
- worst
- wrong-foot
Examplesoflike pulling teeth
like pulling teeth
In my experience, it islikepullingteethto persuade the board to do so.
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Just as well as most of his life seems ratherlikepullingteeth.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Flood described the atmosphere aslikepullingteethand emotionally draining.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.That was a good song, but it was reallylikepullingteeth.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A lot of songs arelikepullingteeth, but this one just happened.
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