like pulling teeth 非常困难

拔牙 “pulling teeth” 的感觉不好受吧？在英语中，人们常用短语 “like pulling teeth（像拔牙一样）” 形容 “某件事情很辛苦、很难做”。

例句

Trying to get my students to speak in the lesson is like pulling teeth.

让我的学生们在课上发言简直太难了。

I keep phoning the shop to speak to the manager, but getting to talk to the right person is like pulling teeth.

我不停地给那家店打电话找经理，但要和我想找的那个人通上话可太难了。

Getting my son to tell me what happened at school is like pulling teeth – all he says is ‘it was good'!

让我儿子告诉我在学校发生的事情简直太难了，他总是只说一句 “很好”。