English @ the Movies: 'Hold His Feet To The Fire'
source: VOA Learning English 2016年8月13日
Our English @ the Movies phrase is from the movie "All The Way." This film is about American President Lyndon B. Johnson and Dr. Martin Luther King and their work on civil rights. Originally published at - http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/...
# hold (one's) feet to the fire: To put pressure on someone to do, say, or consent to something. The journalist has spent the last year holding the prime minister's feet to the fire in relation to her campaign promises about wealth distribution. People have been holding her feet to the fire to have the images taken down from the website.
