tirer les vers du nez

French

Etymology

Literally, “to pull out the worms from someone's nose”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ti.ʁe le vɛʁ dy ne/
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Verb

tirer les vers du nez

  1. (informal, figuratively) to worm something out of [with à ‘someone’]

Conjugation

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