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Hi:
What does "apply the screw in every direction" mean in the following passage? It is from the book Persian Petroleum by Leonardo Davoudi, p. 76:
Preece followed these instructions and made it clear to the Foreign Office that ‘any slackening of the outward show of interest on the part of the Legation would be disastrous as both Bakhtiari Chiefs and Persian Government according to their Persian natures would at once jump to the conclusion that the Syndicate no longer had the support of H.M.’s Government and would apply the screw in every direction’
I think it means "Bakhtiari Chiefs and Persian Government would do any thing they wish, of course, not in harmony", but I am not sure about this conclusion.
Thanks a million.
What does "apply the screw in every direction" mean in the following passage? It is from the book Persian Petroleum by Leonardo Davoudi, p. 76:
Preece followed these instructions and made it clear to the Foreign Office that ‘any slackening of the outward show of interest on the part of the Legation would be disastrous as both Bakhtiari Chiefs and Persian Government according to their Persian natures would at once jump to the conclusion that the Syndicate no longer had the support of H.M.’s Government and would apply the screw in every direction’
I think it means "Bakhtiari Chiefs and Persian Government would do any thing they wish, of course, not in harmony", but I am not sure about this conclusion.
Thanks a million.
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