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Have someone by the short hairs
verb
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Definitions
1.
verb
To have someone in a difficult situation in which he or she is without alternatives and can be controlled.
Synonyms
have someone by the balls
have someone by the short and curlies
have someone over a barrel
draw the short straw
have someone's six
have got someone's six
do someone like that
wife up
button-hole
noodge
have a bone in one's leg
stick fat
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