lavorare ai fianchi

== Italian == === Etymology === Literally, “to work at the sides”. === Verb === lavoràre ai fianchi (first-person singular present lavóro ai fianchi, first-person singular past historic lavorài ai fianchi, past participle lavoràto ai fianchi, auxiliary avére) (transitive, idiomatic) to overcome resistance with constant pressure or criticism; to pressure; to work over