"Bound hand and foot" nghĩa là gì?

"Bound (one) hand and foot" = trói tay trói chân -> nghĩa là khiến ai cảm thấy bị mắc kẹt trong tình huống khó khăn.

Ví dụ 

Some were bound hand and foot, others were decapitated (bị chặt đầu) or otherwise dismembered (bị tách rời), making the process of determining exactly how many people were found difficult for investigators. 

But complaints about “red tape” are nothing new. Dickens complained about Britannia being “bound hand and foot with red tape” in 1850 – yet today's small government advocates hold up 19th century Britain as the exemplar minimal state. 

Margaret was threatened with death unless she renounced (bỏ đức tin) her Christian (đạo Cơ Đốc) faith. When she refused, her captors (kẻ bắt giữ) tried to burn her, but the flames did not burn her. She was then bound hand and foot and thrown into boiling water, but at her prayer, her bonds were broken and she stood uninjured. Finally the prefect ordered that she be beheaded.