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Jimmy Hung
2022-03-15 08:03
Grab someone/something by the throat phrase
To gain a position of having control over someone/something.
The Taliban have grabbed Afghanistan by the throat, almost 20 years after being ousted by a US-led military coalition.
Having heard that enemy forces grabbed the city by the throat, many citizens fled their country.
To get, capture or command someone's rapt attention.
With a view to grabbing the listener by the throat, I added shocking images and videos to my presentation.
The Livestream of presidential elections grabbed me by the throat.
The verb "grab" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
Do you see anything wrong?
If you swallow the bait, you take something that someone offers you, or agree to do something that someone asks you to do without knowing that it is a trick or way of getting something from you.
You can't just do whatever he wants you to do. Don't swallow the bait.
