英语词组hands are tied是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

hands are tied(someone's) hands are tied

if someone's hands are tied, they are not free to behave in the way that they would like.

I'd like to raise people's salaries but my hands are tied.

(one's) hands are tied

One is being prevented from acting, helping, or intervening as one should or desires to due to circumstances beyond one's control, such as rules, conflicting orders, or higher priorities. I'm sorry, I would love to approve your application, but my hands are tied by the regulations. The company stated that they have tried everything in their power to avoid pay cuts, but their hands are tied at this point.

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
释义	Idiom hands are tied(someone's) hands are tied if someone's hands are tied, they are not free to behave in the way that they would like. I'd like to raise people's salaries but my hands are tied. (one's) hands are tied One is being prevented from acting, helping, or intervening as one should or desires to due to circumstances beyond one's control, such as rules, conflicting orders, or higher priorities. I'm sorry, I would love to approve your application, but my hands are tied by the regulations. The company stated that they have tried everything in their power to avoid pay cuts, but their hands are tied at this point. 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.”
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