over a barrel

Giriş yap, bu kelimeyi “Kelimelerim”e ekle.

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

  1. edat öbeği In a disadvantageous or helpless situation, especially one in which one may be controlled or victimized.

    “Ford had the U.A.W. over a barrel; if it failed to sign by midnight, the U.A.W. would be forced to give up its union shop.”

Eş anlamlılar

up a tree up the creek have someone by the short hairs § Synonyms