with one hand tied behind your back

with one hand tied behind (one's) back

Easily or effortlessly; encountering no difficulty or resistance (while doing something). I'm a professional musician, so that song is hardly a challenge—I could play it with one hand tied behind my back! Are you kidding? Montgomery is a powerhouse boxer. He'd knock that kid out with both hands tied behind his back!

with one hand tied behind your back

1. If you say that you can do something with one hand tied behind your back, you mean that you can do it very easily. This is a gadget so neat and nifty you can operate it with one hand tied behind your back. Thomas could manage the team with one hand tied behind his back.

2. If you have to do something with one hand tied behind your back, you have a disadvantage which makes it difficult for you to succeed. Our officers don't have enough powers. They are being asked to police our streets with one hand tied behind their back. Note: You can also say that you have to do something with your hands tied behind your back or that someone ties your hand behind your back. We'd like to open when our customers want us to and not only when the law says we can. Basically we're competing with both our hands tied behind our back. They insist they would have won if the politicians had not tied their hands behind their backs.

with one hand tied behind your ˈback

(informal)
1 unable to use your full powers: The government has one hand tied behind its back in these negotiations.
2 very easily; with little effort: She could run the restaurant with one hand tied behind her back.

词组	with one hand tied behind your back
释义	with one hand tied behind your back with one hand tied behind (one's) back Easily or effortlessly; encountering no difficulty or resistance (while doing something). I'm a professional musician, so that song is hardly a challenge—I could play it with one hand tied behind my back! Are you kidding? Montgomery is a powerhouse boxer. He'd knock that kid out with both hands tied behind his back! See also: back, behind, hand, one, tie Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. with one hand tied behind your back 1. If you say that you can do something with one hand tied behind your back, you mean that you can do it very easily. This is a gadget so neat and nifty you can operate it with one hand tied behind your back. Thomas could manage the team with one hand tied behind his back. 2. If you have to do something with one hand tied behind your back, you have a disadvantage which makes it difficult for you to succeed. Our officers don't have enough powers. They are being asked to police our streets with one hand tied behind their back. Note: You can also say that you have to do something with your hands tied behind your back or that someone ties your hand behind your back. We'd like to open when our customers want us to and not only when the law says we can. Basically we're competing with both our hands tied behind our back. They insist they would have won if the politicians had not tied their hands behind their backs. See also: back, behind, hand, one, tie Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. with one hand tied behind your ˈback (informal) 1 unable to use your full powers: The government has one hand tied behind its back in these negotiations. 2 very easily; with little effort: She could run the restaurant with one hand tied behind her back. See also: back, behind, hand, one, tie Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: do something with one hand behind your back with one hand behind your back with one hand tied behind (one's) back with one hand tied behind back could (do something) with one arm tied behind (one's) back with one arm tied behind (one's) back with one arm tied behind one's back with both hands tied behind (one's) back with an arm tied behind (one's) back cakewalk References in periodicals archive Somebody compared our situation to going into a boxing ring with one hand tied behind your back - and you are also told you have to hop around on one foot for the whole round." University College Decimated; PLAYER EXODUS IS MAKING COLLIE'S JOB IMPOSSIBLY HARD But trying to win big games without a ground game is like playing with one hand tied behind your back and you don't get extra points for it even when you win, which you won't as often when you can't run the ball. Without decent run attack, Bears will be stuck in neutral "If that were to happen today, tomorrow, I know that you would be there to try to save lives under those circumstances but again I cannot escape the irony that you would be doing so with one hand tied behind your back because of the failure of the Seneca Nation to deliver those revenues and the very first dollars that we get from the casino on any given year, the first thing that we devote funding to is public safety because that's our priority." Dyster Slams Senecas Over Casino Revenue at Memorial Ceremony to Honor Victims of September 11th It wouldn't have affected the result but when you're still sitting eight points adrift of zero, you could be doing without starting games with one hand tied behind your back. Take it as red, Gary won't be moaning GORDON BEHIND BARS Channel 4, 9pm Imagine trying to run a catering business with one hand tied behind your back. Every time you want a knife to cut any ingredients, you have to sign it out. TV CHOICE Gordon Behind Bars (Channel 4, Tuesday, 9pm)[bar] IMAGINE trying to run a catering business with one hand tied behind your back. BEST TOPICAL WITH A TWIST "You can't meet clients' needs with one hand tied behind your back," Williamson said, referring to the complex maze of regulations with which CPAs must cope to serve clients in more than one state. Takin' care of business: working together, CPAs can achieve great things But given the restrictions, he added, "it's like doing science with one hand tied behind your back." Bush favors some stem cell research * Don't operate with one hand tied behind your back. CLINICAL PEARLS When you are battling with one hand tied behind your back - as perhaps Irvine is - it is a different matter. Irvine's title journey littered with self-induced diversions; FORMULA ONE Isn't it infuriating how trade experts always get a perfect finish to jobs they tackle, but when you have a go the result looks like you've done it blindfold with one hand tied behind your back? Want to know a secret? Ask the experts.. Relying just on monetary policy to keep the economy on track is like trying to stay afloat in a storm with one hand tied behind your back." Desperate measures; Carney set to halve rates to head off Brexit slump
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