Westacad Newsletter

August 2018

ENGLISH IDIOM OF THE MONTH:
„Twist someone's arm“

 

MEANING
to persuade someone to do something that they did not want to do.

TRANSLATION
Jemanden überreden
wörtlich: jemandem den Arm verdrehen

ORIGIN
The phrase originated in the 1950’s when people would use physical force to make others do what they wanted.