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have someone by the balls
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 | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Bastiaan | | BAHS-tee-ah:n | Dutch |
| Greger | | - | Swedish |
| Reilly | | RIE-lee | English (Modern) |
| Nikostratos | | - | Ancient Greek |
| Xochitl | | - | Native American, Nahuatl, Spanish (Latin American) |
| Thoth | | - | Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized) |