英语单词短语词组“like pulling teeth”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析-英汉词典

like pulling teeth

idiom

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。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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

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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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Flood described the atmosphere aslikepullingteethand emotionally draining.

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That was a good song, but it was reallylikepullingteeth.

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A lot of songs arelikepullingteeth, but this one just happened.

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单词	like pulling teeth
释义	like pulling teeth idiom 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。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases 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 See more results » (Definition oflike pulling teethfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) Examplesoflike pulling teeth like pulling teeth In my experience, it islikepullingteethto persuade the board to do so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Just as well as most of his life seems ratherlikepullingteeth. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Flood described the atmosphere aslikepullingteethand emotionally draining. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. That was a good song, but it was reallylikepullingteeth. From Wikipedia 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. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/like-pulling-teeth##
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