twist (someone's) arm

to persuade someone to do something that they do not want to do.

He might help us with the painting if you twist his arm.

'Have a cream cake?' 'Oh, go on then, if you twist my arm.' (humorous)

• have burning a hole in pocket
• have burning a hole in your pocket
• have butterflies
• have butterflies in stomach
• have butterflies in your stomach
• have by the balls
• have by the short and curlies
• have cake and eat it
• have cake and eat it too
• have carte blanche
• have clean hands
• have come a long way
• have coming out ears
• have coming out of ears
• have coming out of your ears
• have coming out your ears
• have day in court
• have dead to rights
• have designs on
• have designs on someone
• have designs on something
• have dibs on
• have dibs on something
• have done more something than has had hot dinners
• have done more something than someone has had hot dinners