have someone by the balls

Have someone at one's mercy, as in You have to pay up-they've got you by the balls. The balls here allude to the male genitals. [ Vulgar slang; early 1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ed	[ed]
Vardan	-	Armenian
Luisa	LWEE-sah (Spanish), LWEE-zah (Italian)	Spanish, Italian
Penuel	-	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Elpida	-	Greek
Il-Seong	eel-sung	Korean