Eliciting requirements need not be like pulling teeth... but sometimes it is.

需求捕获不象是拔牙…但也比较类似。

youdao

I know that was like pulling teeth for some of you to read, but if it was helpful to at least one person then I am satisfied.

我知道，对你们某些人来说，读它就像拔牙那么困难，但是即使它至少只对一个人有帮助，我就满足了。

youdao

The rent of our cottage is only one and threepence and it's like pulling eye-teeth to get it.

我们小屋的租金只有一先令三便士，要挣到它可真不容易。

youdao

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