shove\ down\ one's\ throat

shove\ down\ one's\ throat
• shove down one's throat
• ram down one's throat
v. phr. informal
To force you to do or agree to (something not wanted or liked.)

We didn't want Mr. Bly to speak at our banquet, but the planning committee shoved him down our throats.

The president was against the idea, but the club members rammed it down his throat.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • shove down one's throat — or[ram down one s throat] {v. phr.}, {informal} To force you to do or agree to (something not wanted or liked.) * /We didn t want Mr. Bly to speak at our banquet, but the planning committee shoved him down our throats./ * /The president was… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • shove down one's throat — or[ram down one s throat] {v. phr.}, {informal} To force you to do or agree to (something not wanted or liked.) * /We didn t want Mr. Bly to speak at our banquet, but the planning committee shoved him down our throats./ * /The president was… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • shove down one's throat — force someone to do or agree to something not wanted I don t like him because he is always trying to shove his ideas down my throat …   Idioms and examples

  • down one's throat — See: JUMP DOWN ONE S THROAT, SHOVE DOWN ONE S THROAT or RAM DOWN ONE S THROAT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • down one's throat — See: JUMP DOWN ONE S THROAT, SHOVE DOWN ONE S THROAT or RAM DOWN ONE S THROAT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • down\ one's\ throat — See: jump down one s throat, shove down one s throat or ram down one s throat …   Словарь американских идиом

  • ram\ down\ one's\ throat — • shove down one s throat • ram down one s throat v. phr. informal To force you to do or agree to (something not wanted or liked.) We didn t want Mr. Bly to speak at our banquet, but the planning committee shoved him down our throats. The… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • ram down one's throat — See: SHOVE DOWN ONE S THROAT …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • throat — See: CUT ONE S THROAT, FLY AT ONE S THROAT, JUMP DOWN ONE S THROAT, LUMP IN ONE S THROAT, RAM DOWN ONE S THROAT and SHOVE DOWN ONE S THROAT …   Dictionary of American idioms

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