like pulling teeth

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like pulling teeth

If you say that making someone do something was like pulling teeth, it was very difficult and they did not want to do it Getting her to tell me about her childhood was like pulling teeth.

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At first this request caused poor Jurgis the most acute agony, and it was like pulling teeth to get him to talk; but gradually he found out what was wanted, and in the end he learned to stand up and speak his piece with enthusiasm. The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context			like fighting snakes like flies to manure like gangbusters like gold dust like greased lightning like hell like hell and high lightning like herding frogs like I said like it or lump it Like it or lump it! like it was going out of style like it's going out of fashion Like it's such a big deal! like lambs to the slaughter like looking for a needle in a haystack like mad Like mother, like daughter like moths to a flame like nailing jelly to the wall like nobody's business like nothing on earth like one of the family like peas in a pod like pigs to the slaughter like pulling teeth like shelling peas like shooting fish in a barrel like stealing acorns from a blind pig like stink like taking candy from a baby like the cat that got the cream like the clappers like the devil like the wind like there's no tomorrow like to hear oneself talk like tryin' to scratch your ear with your elbow like turkeys voting for Christmas like water off a duck's back like wildfire like, you know likely likely as not liken to likes of Likewise liking lily lily-livered lily-white			like looking for a needle in a haystack like mad like mad like mad like mad like mad like mad Like Minded Gamers Like Minded People Like Mother, Like Daughter Like Mother, Like Daughter like moths to a flame Like My Status like nailing jelly to a tree like nailing jelly to the wall Like New Like New In Box Like New in Pouch Like New Original Box Like New With Box Like No Other like nobody's business like nothing on earth like one of the family like peas in a pod like peas in a pod like peas in a pod like peas in a pod like pigs to the slaughter Like Polarization like pulling teeth like quality like rats abandoning a sinking ship like ripe plums like ripe plums like ripe plums like ripe plums like ripe plums like royalty like shelling peas Like Shooting Fish in A Barrel Like Shooting Fish in A Barrel like sin like stealing acorns from a blind pig like stink like taking candy from a baby like terms like the cat that ate the canary like the cat that got the cream like the cat that's got the cream like the cat that's got the cream like the cat that's got the cream like the cat who's stolen the cream like the cat who's stolen the cream like the cat who's stolen the cream like the clappers like the devil like the devil like the dickens Like The Wind like there ain't no tomorrow

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