They're charging an exorbitant price for fixing the car, but they've got us over a barrel because we can't do without it.
他们修理这部汽车索价太高, 但我们被逼得只好听其摆布, 因为我们不能没有汽车。
Over a barrel
英语例句库
原声例句
2010 ESLPod
Gia says, " They probably know that they have us over a barrel."
Gia 说， “他们可能知道他们已经控制了我们。
2010 ESLPod
They probably know that they have us over a barrel.
Gia：他们可能知道他们已经控制住了我们。
朗文OCLM-01单词
The manager has us over a barrel – either we work on a Saturday or we lose our jobs.
【barrel】经理把我们逼疯了——要么我们周六上班，要么我们丢了工作。
2010 ESLPod
In this case, the other side has knowledge about the situation of Gia and Logan's company, and they have power – they have them over a barrel.
在这种情况下，对方知道Gia和Logan公司的情况， 他们有权力——他们在一个桶上。
中文百科
桶 Barrel
（重定向自Over a barrel）
桶是一种圆柱形的容器，传统上以木材制成，称为木桶，但现时不少桶都是以金属或塑胶制成。桶通常用作盛载液体之用，如啤酒、原油等。
英语百科
Barrel 桶
（重定向自Over a barrel）
A barrel, cask, or tun is a hollow cylindrical container, traditionally made of wooden staves bound by wooden or metal hoops. Traditionally, the barrel was a standard size of measure referring to a set capacity or weight of a given commodity. For example, in the UK a barrel of beer refers to a quantity of 36 imperial gallons (160 L; 43 US gal). Wine was shipped in barrels of 119 litres (31 US gal; 26 imp gal).
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