英语词汇“over a barrel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

over a barrel

informal In a helpless position; at someone’s mercy: I like doing business with a man who knows he’s over a barrel...

Opec, the powerful consortium of the world's oil-producing countries, meets in Vienna today, and they have us over a barrel as the oil price hits $35.
‘I felt I was being held over a barrel - I did not have time to find anywhere else, so it was that or nothing,’ said Wilkins, her rent now £2,003 a month.
The award also upped his asking price, supposes Broadbent, ‘although, if you're intent upon doing good work, producers know they have you over a barrel.’

See parent entry: barrel

单词	over a barrel
释义	over a barrel informal In a helpless position; at someone’s mercy: I like doing business with a man who knows he’s over a barrel... Opec, the powerful consortium of the world's oil-producing countries, meets in Vienna today, and they have us over a barrel as the oil price hits $35. ‘I felt I was being held over a barrel - I did not have time to find anywhere else, so it was that or nothing,’ said Wilkins, her rent now £2,003 a month. The award also upped his asking price, supposes Broadbent, ‘although, if you're intent upon doing good work, producers know they have you over a barrel.’ See parent entry: barrel
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