英语单词“light a fire under someone”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析
单词
light a fire under someone
释义
light a fire undersomeone
idiommainlyUSto make someoneactquicklyorforcefully,especiallysomeone who has not been doing enough before:Thecoachtriedtolightafireunder theteamin his halftimespeech.SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesCausing somebody to act- arm-twisting
- bludgeon
- bounce
- bouncesomeoneintosomething
- bulldoze
- bully
- forcibly
- holdsomeoneto ransomidiom
- impel
- impose
- jolt
- railroad
- reduce
- reducesomeonetosomething
- reimpose
- reimposition
- screw
- slap
- squeeze
- trap
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light a fire undersomeone
idiomto get someone toactquicklyorforcefully,esp. someone who has not been doing enough before:Coachtriedto light afireunder theteamin his halftimespeech.(Definition oflight a fire under someonefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/light-a-fire-under##