| 单词 | to hold a pistol to head |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hold (also put) a pistol to (also at) (a person's) head b. to hold (also put) a pistol to (also at) (a person's) head: to coerce or attempt to coerce (a person). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > threaten [verb (intransitive)] > compel an action by threatening to hold (also put) a pistol to (also at) (a person's) head1841 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (intransitive)] > to action to put (a person) to it1581 to hold (also put) a pistol to (also at) (a person's) head1841 to force (one's) hand1860 to twist (someone's) arm1953 1841 C. Dickens Let. 26 Feb. (1969) II. 220 Put a penny pistol to Chapman's head, and demand the blocks of him. 1886 N.Y. Times 25 Apr. 4/5 You might put a pistol to my head and not prevent my writing ‘hypocrite’ ‘hypocrit’. 1917 W. J. Locke Red Planet iii. 33 The boy was my guest. I had not intended to hold a pistol to his head. 1974 ‘W. Haggard’ Kinsmen iii. 40 She'd held a pistol at Heale-Mann's respectable head. Do as I wish or face a scandal. 1999 Nation (Nexis) 1 Nov. 2 The agencies will be able to hold a pistol to the heads of residents to relieve them of more tax money. < as lemmas |
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