释义 |
a kick in the butt/pants idiomUSoffensive (UKa kick up the arse/backside) If you give someone a kick in the butt, you do or say something to try to stop him or her being lazy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Causing somebody to act arm-twisting bludgeon bounce bounce someone into something browbeat someone into something/doing something bull something through drive someone/something to something duress force someone's handidiom forced marriage forcible put the heat on someoneidiom put/tighten the screws on someoneidiom railroad rallying cry ram something down someone's throatidiom ram something into someone ransom slap squeeze |