over a barrel उदाहरण वाक्य

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1. Once FINA absolved Riley, whose coach gave her a headache pill, Foschi had US Swimming over a barrel.
2. The irascible tyrant could well have his OPEC brethren, and the rest of the world, over a barrel.
3. Bush had him over a barrel.
4. There are very few places ( like UPS ) where unions have the whole industry over a barrel.
5. Until then the oil exporters have us, yes, over a barrel, and are exploiting their temporary advantage with gusto.
6. He had others but had to lay them off since the slaughter house man has him over a barrel.
7. "But the owners have us over a barrel because they know somebody will buy those tickets if I don't.
8. "The power plants have us over a barrel, " said Tim Carmichael, executive director of the Clean Air Coalition.
9. The price sounds outrageous to me, but my parents are doing it and basically circumstances had them over a barrel.
10. Selig finally appears to have the union over a barrel on an important baseball issue, possibly for the first time.