wild horses wouldn't drag (something) from (one)
wild horses wouldn't drag (something) from (one)
No amount of force, pressure, or enticement will make or convince one to divulge certain information. You can trust me with your secret—wild horses wouldn't drag it from me! They thought they'd be able to make the financial advisor give up the passwords to his account, but it turned out wild horses wouldn't drag the information from him.
See also: drag, horse, wild
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
wild horses
If you say that wild horses would not make you do something, you mean that nothing would make you do it. Wild horses wouldn't drag this secret out of me. Wild horses wouldn't make Nicola sell the house.
See also: horse, wild
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
- wild horses couldn't drag (something) from (one)
- wild horses couldn't drag me
- wild horses won't drag someone to something
- wild horses wouldn't drag (one) to (something)
- wild horses couldn't drag (one) to (something)
- keep a secret
- secret
- (someone's) secret is safe with (one)
- Your secret is safe with me
- spill