"pull teeth" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 拔牙
• 非常困難的事（比喻用法）

Definition

字面意思是拔牙，更常用来形容某事非常困難、不愉快或需要極大努力，例如讓某人做某事。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多為口語或比喻用法，特別在描述交涉、勸說等困難時說“like pulling teeth”。正式文體避免使用，除非指牙科。

Examples

It shouldn't be pulling teeth to get everyone to participate.

讓大家參與不應該像**拔牙**一樣困難。

Trying to get a straight answer from him was like pulling teeth.

想從他那裡得到明確答覆，簡直像是在**拔牙**。

Convincing my kids to eat vegetables is always pulling teeth.

要讓孩子吃蔬菜總像在**拔牙**一樣難。

The dentist will pull teeth if they are too damaged.

如果牙齒壞得太厲害，牙醫會**拔牙**。

Getting my brother to clean his room is like pulling teeth.

要我哥哥打掃房間簡直就像**拔牙**一樣困難。

Getting the whole team to agree on one idea was basically pulling teeth.

讓整個團隊統一想法，根本就是**拔牙**。