"By the short hairs" nghĩa là gì?

"By the short hairs" -> nghĩa là hoàn toàn bị ai khống chế/điều khiển.

Ví dụ

The coronavirus pandemic still has the world by the short hairs, and the symptoms are telling. Many people have turned prematurely grey.

When it doesn't work, the President will say [Grace putting on a deep Texas accent], 'Well, George, I'm afraid you've got me by the short hairs.

But no sooner had made his full confession than Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos stood on the deck of one of her fleet of yachts, lifted the spyglass to her eye, and called out, “Land ho!” Once on terra firma, she grabbed Eisgruber by the short hairs. I didn’t know she had it in her.

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