Like pulling teeth

I went to the toastmaster online meeting  tonight and learned a new idiom from my fellow toastmaster: Like pulling teeth.

 

She was talking about how challenging her new position at her company was: It was like pulling teeth...

 

I googled the idiom’s meaning after the meeting: The phrase like pulling teeth describes something that is difficult to do, something that requires a lot of effort, something that is tedious, tiring or unpleasant.

 

May I say learning English for me is like pulling teeth? :) Maybe not. 

 

Thank you for reading. Until next time!

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• Actually, u r making a progress on learning English at warp -beautifulwind- ♀ (67 bytes) () 12/21/2020 postreply 20:30:22

• Your writing is good and getting better, but -AprilMei- ♀ (200 bytes) () 12/21/2020 postreply 21:08:06

• you are right. She was talking about some new project she’s doin -小公主- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/22/2020 postreply 19:52:50

• dont be distracted by idioms too much. more than often there is -rockcurrent- ♂ (47 bytes) () 12/21/2020 postreply 21:20:52

• Painful -忒绿- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/22/2020 postreply 06:49:00

• & frightening -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/22/2020 postreply 07:23:17

• We don't have to use idioms to express ourselves, -甜虫虫- ♀ (1289 bytes) () 12/22/2020 postreply 11:48:05

• Learned something new. But we're is not 'we were'. -AprilMei- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/22/2020 postreply 13:58:45

• Good one:) It should be we were. Thank you for pointing it out! -甜虫虫- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/22/2020 postreply 14:21:38

• thank you, good to learn:) -小公主- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/22/2020 postreply 19:51:41

• pulling your leg/your socks up/ their weight, etc. etc. .... -树的花花世界- ♀ (32 bytes) () 12/22/2020 postreply 18:57:53

• 哈哈哈，我第一次见pulling leg自然而然就想是拖后腿 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/22/2020 postreply 19:35:12

• Haha, u r not the only one. -树的花花世界- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/22/2020 postreply 20:02:12

• thanks all:))) -小公主- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/22/2020 postreply 19:53:34