大家好,今天我們分享一個非常有用且地道的表達——「like pulling teeth」, 這個短語的含義不是指「像拔牙一樣」,其正確的含義是:
like pulling teeth 艱難的,艱苦不堪的
Getting her to tell me about her childhood was like pulling teeth.
讓她告訴我她的童年往事是一件十分艱難的事情。
Asking one day off from my boss is like pulling teeth.
要求老闆給一天假是非常艱難的。
With this new way of preparing vegetables, getting your kids to eat their greens is no longer like pulling teeth.
這種新的準備蔬菜的方法,讓你孩子吃綠色蔬菜不再那麼艱難了。
It's been like pulling teeth trying to get my family members organized for this get together, but I think it will all be worth it!
試圖讓我的家庭成員有組織地聚在一起是非常困難的,但是我覺得所有的都是值得的。
It was like pulling teeth in the first half. I thought we were never going to score.
上半場非常艱難,我想我們從來都不會得分。