down someone's throat
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Please go back to a more fundamental question than how to finesse or cram a new airport down someone’s throat and make a case for why our already overburdened transportation infrastructure and grossly inadequate housing will benefit from even more traffic and people.
From Seattle Times
“My mom and Kurt can’t force you down someone’s throat. They can’t say, ‘He needs to be in this movie,’ ” Hudson said.
From Washington Post
Tannehill said it has been easy for outsiders “to jump to conclusions and jump down someone’s throat” about the Titans’ actions.
From Washington Post
The blazes burn not just Ponderosa pines, madrones and Douglas firs, but also cars, paint, plastic and insulation, and gales of tiny particles belched out in the fires can travel hundreds of miles and end up down someone’s throat, slipping through most face masks like water through a colander.
From New York Times
“She started telling me about all the things that happen raising cattle and I started telling her about raising cattle. She had some definite perceptions of how things are done out here, and not any of them were close to true. “I don’t think it is a story you can beat down someone’s throat,” he said.
From Washington Times
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