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单词 someone's hands are tied
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someone'shands are tied

idiom
Ifyourhandsaretied, you are notfreetobehavein the way that you would like:
I'd like toraisepeople'ssalariesbut myhandsaretied.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lack of freedom to act
  • be in bondage tosomethingidiom
  • be locked insomething
  • bondage
  • bound
  • boxed in
  • disempowered
  • disempowering
  • disenfranchisement
  • heel
  • lock
  • non-voluntary
  • nonindependence
  • qualified
  • regimented
  • servitude
  • shackle
  • tethered
  • thumb
  • tie
  • undersomeone'sthumbidiom
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(Definition ofsomeone's hands are tiedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
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