crack the whip

基本解釋

He tried to crack the whip, but it was of no use.
他試著揮那鞭子，但是無濟于事。
The American secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, who has so far done little to crack the whip for peace, has offered, at long last, to enter the fray as ringmistress for the first act.
迄今為止，美國國務卿康多莉扎·賴斯（Condoleezza Rice）幾乎沒有為和平進程積極奔走過，但最終她已表示愿意作為第一幕的導演（ringmistress）介入雙方沖突。
OK, you'd better get back to work unless you want me to crack the whip and start yelling at you.
好了，你最好回去工作了，除非你要我開始狠狠地對你吼。

Britain's telecoms regulator, Oftel, has been criticised for failing to crack the whip over British Telecom.
ECONOMIST: High-speed Internet access
Yet it is one thing for the commission to crack the whip on the smalls (earlier this year Belgium fell into line).
ECONOMIST: Charlemagne
And one of the criticisms that's been raised is maybe he didn't crack the whip early enough or didn't really kind of heave it over the finish line himself earlier.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton