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词汇 bring/call sb to heel
释义
idiombring/call sb to heelto make someone obey you or pay attention to you again, after they have stopped doing thisoften used in newspapers, on television news etc:The aim of Proposition 13 was to bring politicians to heel by limiting their ability to impose taxes. Extra police were brought in, in an attempt to call the strikers to heel.come to heel: The Prime Minister has been unable to get his senior party members to come to heel on this issue.
Note When dogs are taught to obey their owners, they are told to heel, which means they must walk at the heels of their owner.
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