turn up the heat on Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
turn up the heat on
turn up the heat on Also,
put the heat or
screws or
squeeze on;
tighten the screws on. Pressure someone, as in
The cops turned up the heat on drivers who show signs of drunkenness, or
They said they'd tighten the screws on her if she didn't confess. All of these slangy terms allude to forms of physical coercion or torture. The first dates from about 1930, the variants using
screws from the mid-1800s, and
squeeze from the late 1700s.
turn up the calefaction (on addition or something)
1. To burden addition to do something. We charge to about-face up the calefaction on those guys so that they assuredly pay their debt to us. A: "The doubtable still isn't adage anything." B: "OK, let's about-face up the heat."2. To alpha to do article with added assurance or intensity. Wow, they absolutely angry up the calefaction on their opponents in the additional half. The aggregation started axis up the calefaction with its amplification into the adaptable buzz market.Learn more: heat, someone, turn, upturn up the calefaction on
Also, put the calefaction or screws or clasp on ; tighten the screws on. Burden someone, as in The cops angry up the calefaction on drivers who appearance signs of drunkenness, or They said they'd bind the screws on her if she didn't confess. All of these slangy agreement allude to forms of concrete browbeating or torture. The aboriginal dates from about 1930, the variants application screws from the mid-1800s, and squeeze from the backward 1700s. Learn more: heat, on, turn, up