hands are tied, my/one's

someone's hands are tied

Fig. someone is not able to help or intervene. (See also .) I'm sorry. There's nothing I can do. My hands are tied.

hands are tied, my/one's

Not free to act. This metaphor became common after the mid-seventeenth century. An early appearance in print was in clergyman Thomas Fuller’s The Holy State and the Profane State (1642): “When God intends a Nation shall be beaten, He ties their hands behind them.”

词组	hands are tied, my/one's
释义	hands are tied, my/one's someone's hands are tied Fig. someone is not able to help or intervene. (See also .) I'm sorry. There's nothing I can do. My hands are tied. See also: hand, tie McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. hands are tied, my/one's Not free to act. This metaphor became common after the mid-seventeenth century. An early appearance in print was in clergyman Thomas Fuller’s The Holy State and the Profane State (1642): “When God intends a Nation shall be beaten, He ties their hands behind them.” See also: hand The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: name for else Go to name after fettie about to do fend for oneself Go to shift for bluh bousta Hey! help get a foothold lucci horseradish
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