have someone by the short hairs

动词 v.
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英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To have someone in a difficult situation in which he or she is without alternatives and can be controlled. idiomatic
    — Beginning with a curt “Listen, Buster,” she proceeded to sketch out with admirable clearness the salient points in the situation as she envisaged it, and judging from the loud buzzing noises that came over the wire, clearly audible to me though now standing in the background, it was evident that the nub was not escaping him. They were the buzzing noises of a man slowly coming to the realization that a woman's hand had got him by the short hairs.

词形变化

has someone by the short hairs present,singular,third-person having someone by the short hairs participle,present had someone by the short hairs participle,past had someone by the short hairs past
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