拔牙 “pulling teeth” 的感觉不好受吧？在英语中，人们常用短语 “like pulling teeth（像拔牙一样）” 形容 “某件事情很辛苦、很难做”。

• Trying to get my students to speak in the lesson is like pulling teeth.
  让我的学生们在课上发言简直太难了。
• I keep phoning the shop to speak to the manager, but getting to talk to the right person is like pulling teeth.
  我不停地给那家店打电话找经理，但要和我想找的那个人通上话可太难了。
• Getting my son to tell me what happened at school is like pulling teeth – all he says is ‘it was good’!
  让我儿子告诉我在学校发生的事情简直太难了，他总是只说一句 “很好”。