have someone by the short hairs



have someone by the short hairs

tv. to have someone in an awkward position; to have dominated someone. (This refers to the shorter pubic hairs. Sometime euphemized to neck hairs.) They’ve got me by the short hairs. There’s nothing I can do.
See also: hair, have, short

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Rodolfo-Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Mihalis-Greek
Ramona[rə'məunə]
EdvinED-vin (Swedish), ED-veen (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian
Trahaearn-Welsh
Ljubena-Macedonian