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взять за одно место stresses
Игорь Миг	get someone by the short and curlies (Надо исполнить закон всегда, а не только тогда, когда схватили за одно место: You have to obey the law all the time, not just when they've got you by the short and curlies. – M.A.berdy)
slang	have someone by the short and curlies (george serebryakov)