tie one's hands Idioma
tie one's hands
Idiom(s): tie one's handsTheme: PREVENTION
to prevent someone from doing something.
• I'd like to help you, but my boss has tied my hands.
• Please don't tie my hands with unnecessary restrictions. I'd like the freedom to do whatever is necessary.
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v. phr. To make (a person) unable to do anything.
Usually used in the passive. Since Mary would not tell her mother what was bothering her, her mother's hands were tied. Charles wanted to help John get elected president of the class, but his promise to another boy tied his hands. Father hoped Jim would not quit school, but his hands were tied; Jim was old enough to quit if he wanted to.tie (one's) hands
1. Literally, to bind one at the hands, about with braiding or article similar. Tie his easily so he can't escape!2. By extension, to anticipate one from behaving or acting in a assertive way. I absolutely ambition I could advice you get a refund, but the company's austere allotment action has angry my hands. If the government would stop attached our easily with these crushing regulations, our abridgement would absolutely accept a adventitious to curl for once!Learn more: hand, tietie one's hands
Prevent one from acting, as in I can't advice you this time; my easily are angry by the club's rules. This allegorical appellation transfers concrete chains to added kinds of constraint. It was aboriginal recorded in 1642. Learn more: hand, tie
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