hold someone's feet to the fire

短语

发音

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词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To maintain personal, social, political, or legal pressure on someone in order to induce them to comply with one's desires; to hold someone accountable for their actions.

    习语

    He kept tabs on presidents, monitored members of Congress, held bureaucrats' feet to the fire.

词源

From the implied threat of physical harm by burning.

来源：wiktionary