英语单词“have (got) someone by the short and curlies”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 have (got) someone by the short and curlies 释义

have (got)someoneby the short and curlies

idiomUKvery informal(alsohave (got)someoneby the short hairs)to have someone inyourpower

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Controlling and being in charge

• aggrandize
• assume
• assumption
• authoritative
• authoritatively
• commanding
• dictate
• guiding principle
• harness
• havesomeoneby the ballsidiom
• havesomeoneeating out ofyourhandidiom
• have/hold the whip handidiom
• helm
• override
• police
• policing
• possess
• power play
• predominate
• skipper

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