pulling teeth 

Forcing someone to speak. To start a conversation.

I'm talking to you and it's like it's hurting you to respond, like I'm pulling teeth.

pulling teeth by mydear December 22, 2015

Pulling Teeth 

In the most fundamental sense, it just means that something is difficult to negotiate.

Trying to get Joey out of the house is like pulling teeth.

Pulling Teeth by UltimateDoge May 24, 2022

Like Pulling Teeth 

Meaning is it difficult to get information needed. All you get is one bit at a time! As difficult as pulling teeth!

Getting details from Flare is like pulling teeth! :)

Like Pulling Teeth by Dr. Tim McGuinness August 20, 2008

(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth 

A song by American Thrash Metal band "Metallica", from their 1983 album "Kill 'Em All", this song is a bass solo by Cliff Burton, their bassist from 1982, to 1986, when he died in a bus accident in Sweden.

(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth

(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth by Maxus106 July 22, 2023