English / idiom
Like Pulling Teeth
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Extremely difficult, painful, and requiring tremendous effort to accomplish or extract.
In context
01
Getting the suspect to reveal where the hidden ledger was buried was like pulling teeth.
02
Convincing the board to disclose their private financial records was like pulling teeth.
Synonyms
arduous,agonizingly slow,grueling
Antonyms
effortless,smooth,straightforward
Collocations
be like pulling teeth,felt like pulling teeth,extracting information was like pulling teeth