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| mieć kogoś w garści; trzymać kogoś w garści | |||
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to have complete control or dominance over someone, to have someone at one's mercy ("The short and curlies" refers to the hairs on one's neck (not pubic hairs, despite popular misconceptions) • With all that evidence against you, I'd say the police have you by the short and curlies.
 thefreedictionary.com • Sometimes, I think Mark's wife has him by the short and curlies.) | |||
