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have over a barrel

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Inglés		Español
have [sb] over a barrel v expr	informal, figurative (put [sb] at your mercy)	tener a alguien entre la espada y la pared loc verb
		tener a alguien donde uno lo quiere loc verb
	We had far more to lose in the negotiations than the other side, so they had us over a barrel.
	Nosotros teníamos más para perder en las negociaciones que el otro lado, así que nos tenían entre la espada y la pared.

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