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词组 short ones
释义 short ones
noun
have someone by the short ones
to have absolute control of someone; to force submission US
A figurative use of the literal meaning “to hold by the pubic hair”; a variation on HAVEBYTHESHORTHAIRS.
  • Now wonder he’s got the world by the short ones! — Eugene Boe (Compiler), The Wit & Wisdom of Archie Bunker, p. 85, 1971
  • [W]e got you by the short ones, and there’s nothing you can do about it. — Jack W. Thomas, Heavy Number, p. 160, 1976
  • Ron [Ronald Reagan] is their Kept Boy. They’ve got him by the short ones–he must play ball or they’ll cut the PR budget[.] — Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book, p. 293, 1989
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