What do you mean by squeezing toothpaste?

Metaphor means that you are not quick to speak, and you are asked step by step before you say it bit by bit.

Squeezing toothpaste, commonly known as, means relying on external pressure to explain the problem, which comes from Morning in Shanghai.

Zhou Fu's Morning in Shanghai Part II: "According to our experience in revitalizing the iron works, the national bourgeoisie will only confess when it has to. More precisely, he will only confess when confession is more beneficial to him, and it is a toothpaste-squeezing confession. "

Chapter 15, Chapter 4 of The Legend of Heroes of New Children by Kong Jue: "As for the specific activities, he still refuses to confess. He seems to be afraid of Song Taizu and Di Chen Lian. Maybe he was threatened by them. Now Huamanzhi and Gao Zongyi are still squeezing toothpaste there. "