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They had their hands tied behind their backs.

他们双手被反剪起来。

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But it was a more closely-fought game than the final score indicates, with the game tied nine times and the lead changing hands six times.

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It seems to me that the government's hands are rather tied becasue the government has very large deficit, and it's running curly from deficits So something like a third of the governments' revenues in income taxes it takes in go through paid interests on its debt.

好像政府现在,能力有限，因为庞大的赤字,政府也还在尽量避免,赤字情况,政府通过收入所得税',拿到的钱中1/3都,要拿去还政府欠债的利息。

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Zainab al-Khawaja said security guards took her outside and tied her hands and legs to a wheelchair.

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Fadel said he was getting ready for bed when men stormed the house, blindfolded him and tied his hands behind his back.

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The Daily Telegraph's legal affairs editor Joshua Rozenberg said Lord Phillips' remarks reflected a general mood among the judiciary that mandatory sentencing had tied their hands.

BBC: Last Updated: Friday, 9 March 2007, 16:15 GMT