have somebody over a barrel

FORCE somebody TO DO somethingto put someone in a situation in which they are forced to accept or do what you want 使某人处于被动[不利]的地位

The manager has us over a barrel – either we work on a Saturday or we lose our jobs.

经理迫使我们就范，要么星期六上班，要么丢掉工作。

Examples from the Corpus

have somebody over a barrel• The actor has the studio over a barrel - if they want to keep him, they have to pay him more money.• You have them over a barrel on this issue, with all the right on your side.

→ have somebody over a barrel at barrel1(1)

单词	have somebody over a barrel
释义	have somebody over a barrel have somebody over a barrel FORCE somebody TO DO somethingto put someone in a situation in which they are forced to accept or do what you want 使某人处于被动[不利]的地位 The manager has us over a barrel – either we work on a Saturday or we lose our jobs. 经理迫使我们就范，要么星期六上班，要么丢掉工作。 Examples from the Corpus have somebody over a barrel• The actor has the studio over a barrel - if they want to keep him, they have to pay him more money.• You have them over a barrel on this issue, with all the right on your side. → have somebody over a barrel at barrel1(1)
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