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Turkish
Turkishİki ayağını bir pabuca sokmak
Meaning: To rush and pressure someone relentlessly.
Literally: To stuff someone's two feet into one shoe
Example: “Müdür, raporu bitirmem için iki ayağımı bir pabuca soktu.” — The manager breathed down my neck to finish the report.
English equivalent: To breathe down someone's neck
Equivalents in other languages
French: Marquer à la culotte Literally: To mark at the shorts
English: breathe down someone's neck
Origin: Forcing both of someone's feet into one shoe leaves them unable to move. The phrase means rushing someone and pressing them to do something at once, leaving them no room. No particular story lies behind it.
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