what is ”cracking the whip”

Question

Can someone help me to explain waht is "cracking the whip". It is written in my friend's email and I don't know what it is.
thank you

Answer 1

what is "cracking the whip" ----
Here is how the online dictionary Meriamwebster explains the phrase:
— crack the whip
: to adopt or apply an authoritative, tyrannical, or threatening approach or policy (as in demanding harder work from employees) 揮鞭威嚇 (像是使員工勤奮工作等等的)

You must have seen movies before (particularly old films with tyrants, like Exodus) in which big, big guys wielded whips in a menacing manner to get hard-working labourers to work even harder.

Or you should be familiar with circus scenes where a lion tamer would use a whip to prod his lion to do stunt acts. The whip is used to drive fear in the lion so that it would not dare to ignore orders.
This is basically the meaning of the phrase. The verb "crack" is to denote the scary sounds sepcific to a whip being wielded.

I wonder what the context is like in your friend's email. But I don't think your friend uses this phrase for such meaning. Most likely, he just tries to be humorous. Again, his real intention with this phrase can only be judged within the whole context of the email.

Answer 2

cracking the whip是一個口頭上的片語
whip是鞭子的意思
crack的原意是"用裂,打碎,使出爆裂聲"
像firecracker就是東方的"爆竹"

那"cracking the whip",把whip用出爆裂聲
或是說"把鞭子甩得啪啪響"
那我們可以想像到一個人拿著鞭揮打
那一個人就應該持有一些權威

所以"cracking the whip"一詞可以形容:
"某個人在顯示權威", 或
"某個人在採取嚴厲手段"
這裡可以用"某個人",或"某件事逼的"

用法是用在"在緊迫的時間裡被某個人逼著"
希望你能了解

The phrase "Cracking the whip"
usually used to describe
"(someone) showing the authority", or
"(someone) using some harsh method"

The usage of this phrase is to describe
"getting forced to do something (in a shor time or as fast as you can"

Answer 3

cracking the whip是澳洲牛仔擅長的技巧 也就是把鞭子甩得震天價響 我今年暑假剛好到雪梨附近的農場看他們的表演 真是神乎其技呀

Answer 4

crack the whip :

to use your authority to make someone work harder, usually by

threatening or punishing them.

Eg: We were already three months behind schedule so I thought it was

time to crack the whip.