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pieds et poings liés

/pje.z‿e pwɛ̃ lje/

phrase/pje.z‿e pwɛ̃ lje/

bound hand and foot (with one's feet and hands bound); stuck, unable to do anything, entirely at the mercy of someone else

être pieds et poings liésto be hog-tied, to have one's hands and feet tied, to be bound hand and foot

Literally, “feet and fists bound”.