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to be over the barrel

быть совершенно беспомощным (как утонувший человек, которого положили сверху на бочку, чтобы вода могла вытечь из лёгких)

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be over the barrel
быть совершенно беспомощнымExamples

We keep a file on unidentified bullets nowadays. Some day you might use that gun again. Then you'd be over a barrel. — Теперь мы ведём каталог неидентифицированных пуль. Когда-нибудь ты снова воспользуешься этим пистолетом. Вот тогда-то мы тебя и возьмём за жабры.

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