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Looking for an idiom
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I'm looking for an idiom that could mean below. I would be grateful if someone could help me.
to work very hard to get informarion form a person (especially wheb the person is taciturn)
to persuade sb to tell you something
to use some tricks to get information from a person
to talk a lot to get information from sb
to ask hundreds of questions in order to force somebody to say something
I think the last one is the closest to the one I'm looking for.
Thanks in advance
I'm looking for an idiom that could mean below. I would be grateful if someone could help me.
to work very hard to get informarion form a person (especially wheb the person is taciturn)
to persuade sb to tell you something
to use some tricks to get information from a person
to talk a lot to get information from sb
to ask hundreds of questions in order to force somebody to say something
I think the last one is the closest to the one I'm looking for.
Thanks in advance
Top answer
"drag something out of them" = to gradually get someone to tell you something they don't want to say. there is also the expression "like pulling teeth" - "getting information out of him was like pulling teeth" (It was very difficult to get the information. "uphill battle" - a struggle.
- "drag something out of them" = to gradually get someone to tell you something they don't want to say.
- there is also the expression "like pulling teeth" - "getting information out of him was like pulling teeth" (It was very difficult to get the information.
- "uphill battle" - a struggle.
- "We got the information out of him finally, but it was an uphill battle all the way" Give someone the third degree = to question very carefully The police were very thorough; they really gave him the third degree" To grill someone to question very thoroughly, as above
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"drag something out of them" = to gradually get someone to tell you something they don't want to say.
there is also the expression "like pulling teeth" - "getting information out of him was like pulling teeth" (It was very difficult to get the information.
"uphill battle" - a struggle.
"We got the information out of him finally, but it was an uphill battle all the wa
there is also the expression "like pulling teeth" - "getting information out of him was like pulling teeth" (It was very difficult to get the information.
"uphill battle" - a struggle.
"We got the information out of him finally, but it was an uphill battle all the wa
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