单词 | with a pistol at one's head |
释义 | > as lemmaswith a pistol at (also to) one's head c. with a pistol at (also to) one's head: under pressure; while being threatened. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > under compulsion [phrase] on compulsion1598 under task1671 under a force1681 with a pistol at (also to) one's head1892 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xvi, in Scribner's Mag. Feb. 160/1 I assure you it is not at all my habit to do business with a pistol to my head. 1978 Times 14 Mar. 19/2 The [French] Socialists..have an understandable dislike of negotiating with a pistol at their heads. 1987 Times (Nexis) 24 Apr. I can't negotiate with a pistol at my head. < as lemmas |
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