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have (got) someone by the short and curlies idiomUKvery informal(alsohave (got) someone by the short hairs) to have someone in your power(某人)在掌握之中;抓住(某人)的辫子 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Controlling and being in charge aggrandize assert your authority assume assumption authoritative cynical get the better of someoneidiom get your hooks into someone/somethingidiom get/fall into the wrong handsidiom govern guiding principle peremptorily peremptory play Godidiom plenipotentiary police slow tame wrangle wrangler
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