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Sentence #9359699

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 DJ_Saidez DJ_Saidez November 23, 2020, edited November 23, 2020 November 23, 2020 at 12:45:24 AM UTC, edited November 23, 2020 at 1:04:11 AM UTC link Permalink

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An idiom meaning that you're powerless to do something
https://www.merriam-webster.com...0such%20cases.

CK CK November 23, 2020 November 23, 2020 at 12:49:31 AM UTC link Permalink

My guess is that most native English speakers would assume that this sentence had the idiomatic meaning if heard out of context.

In a scene in a movie where a person's hands were tied, he/she probably wouldn't say "right now."

DJ_Saidez DJ_Saidez November 23, 2020 November 23, 2020 at 1:03:51 AM UTC link Permalink

I think the same goes for the Spanish sentence but I wasn't 100% sure either

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #1308649Ahora tengo las manos atadas..

My hands are tied right now.

added by DJ_Saidez, November 23, 2020
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➜ #1308649Ahora tengo las manos atadas.

linked by DJ_Saidez, November 23, 2020
➜ #172394今手が塞がっているんです。

linked by CK, November 23, 2020
➜ #9393765У мене зараз зв'язані руки.

linked by Ahha, November 28, 2020