Idiom
have someone by the short and curlies
Meaning
Synonym of have someone by the short hairs.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The bank has him by the short and curlies because of his debt.”
“Because the company owns the only patent for the technology, they have their competitors by the short and curlies.”
“By controlling the supply of essential raw materials, the supplier effectively had the entire manufacturing industry by the short and curlies.”
Examples
simple
“The bank has him by the short and curlies because of his debt.”
contextual
“Because the company owns the only patent for the technology, they have their competitors by the short and curlies.”
complex
“By controlling the supply of essential raw materials, the supplier effectively had the entire manufacturing industry by the short and curlies.”
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