hold someone's feet to the fire

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  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. idiomatic
    — In this letter the governor explained that he was being threatened with impeachment and needed all the jobs in his gift to stave off such proceedings and to "hold the feet of members of the legislature to the fire."

词形变化

holds someone's feet to the fire present,singular,third-person holding someone's feet to the fire participle,present held someone's feet to the fire participle,past held someone's feet to the fire past

词源

From the implied threat of physical harm by burning.
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