avoir le couteau sous la gorge

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.vwaʁ lə ku.to su la ɡɔʁʒ/
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Verb

avoir le couteau sous la gorge

  1. (figuratively) to be pressured, to be compelled to do something (to be in a situation in which one has no alternative course of action)

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