We got impatient on offense and that played into their hands.

我们在进攻上失去了耐心，完全被他们所掌握。

youdao

The Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.

以色列人在犹大人面前逃跑，神将他们交在犹大人手里。

youdao

Now that they have taken matters into their hands the pace of events has quickened.

他们既然已着手自己来处理问题，事态的进展也就加快了。

youdao

Though we know that women are smart investments, pitifully little funding actually flows into their hands.

FORBES: Why the IRC Launched the Domestic Violence Think-In

He looked for steamship captains he knew, shoved money into their hands, saying "go north and get lumber".

BBC: Banker + gangster = bankster

The Italian team spent some of the winter testing in Bahrain so that could play into their hands too.

BBC: Bahrain qualifying - as it happened