大daai6石sek6磧zaak3死sei2蟹haai5

daai6 sek6 zaak3 sei2 haai5daai6 sek6 zaak6 sei2 haai5dà shí qì sǐ xièinferred

English

to compel someone to obey with overwhelming force ; to be overpowered by an overwhelming force ; literally: a large rock crushing a crab to death

粵語 — Cantonese

比喻以壓倒性嘅力量逼使其他人服從

Examples

我唔應承就要「被辭職」，咁你即係大石砸死蟹啫。
You'll "resign" me unless I say yes? You're trying to "crush a crab with a boulder".

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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