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someone's hands are tied
idiom
If your hands are tied, you are not free to behave in the way that you would like: 受到限制，被束缚住手脚
I'd like to raise people's salaries but my hands are tied.我是想提高人们的工资，但我受到重重限制。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lack of freedom to act
be in bondage to somethingidiom
be locked in something
bondage
bound
boxed in
disempowering
disenfranchisement
heel
lock
non-voluntary
nonindependence
oppressed
servitude
shackle
tethered
thumb
tie
tie someone to something/someone
tool
unfreedom
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