英语词汇hold one-s feet to the fire的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	hold one-s feet to the fire
词源	hold one’s feet to the fire. This Americanism dates back to the 19th century and means to force someone to do something. It may have originated somewhere on the frontier, although the form of torture is surely much older.
随便看	no can do no chain on the bike no cheese no bees no trees no comment no dice no flies on him no good deed goes unpunished no great shakes no hits no runs no errors no holds barred nohow no ifs ands or buts about it noisette noisome no ka de noli me tangere no love lost no-man-s-land nom de debauch nom de guerre nom de plume nome no more chance than a kerosene cat in hell with gasoline drawers on no more free lunch no more hoares to paris

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