put the screws | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To applypressureandcoercion.[withtooron]1962, John F. Kennedy, quoted in2003by Sheldon M. Stern inAverting 'the Final Failure': John F. Kennedy and the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis meetings→ISBN:If in fact[…]theyput the screwson Berlin in the way that Gromyko said they were going to, then we are... I know that we were bound to invade Cuba under those conditions.2013October 13, Erik Adams, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Lisa’s Wedding” (season six, episode 19; originally aired 3/19/1995)”, inThe Onion AV Club‎[1]:Near the end of a year when Fox wasputting the screwsto The Simpsons, the extra effort required of “Lisa’s Wedding” was justly rewarded, earning the episode the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animation.

Examples:

EN: You were in there trying to put the screws on him.
ES: Estabas ahí intimidándoles.
EN: You've got to put the screws on.
ES: Tienes que ponerles los tornillos.
EN: So he could put the screws on.
ES: Será él quien apretará los tornillos.
EN: That'd really put the screws on us.
ES: - Nos pondrían en un aprieto.
EN: What would happen if we put the screws to Ferrar.
ES: ¿Qué ocurriría si le apretásemos los tornillos a Ferrar?
EN: "Go. Before they put the screws on you, before they torture you. "
ES: "Vete antes de que te aprieten las clavijas, antes de que torturen".
EN: He's told every bistro owner in Montmartre: "If anything happens to him, I'll put the screws on you."
ES: si le sucede algo, se nos echará encima.
EN: You guys want to put the screws on, go right ahead.
ES: Si queréis apretarme las tuercas, adelante.
EN: When they're done with the ghetto, they'll put the screws to us.
ES: ¡Tan pronto, como acaben con el Ghetto comenzarán con nosotros!
EN: Now, don't put the screws on me, darling.
ES: No trates de asustarme, querido.
EN: In case they put the screws on Tommy and he sings a little.
ES: En el caso de que Tommy hablara bajo presión.
EN: He's gonna put the screws in.
ES: - ¿Va a presionarte?
EN: Let's put the screws on him.
ES: Presionémosle.
EN: Clain put the screws to me, and promised me hell, so I threw him a bone.
ES: Clain me preguntó dónde estabas. y me prometió tantos problemas que decidí tirarme un farol.
EN: They'll put the screws to him.
ES: Le apretarán los tornillos a él.

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