avere le mani legate

== Italian == === Etymology === Literally, “to have the hands tied”. === Verb === avére le mani legate (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) hò le mani legate, first-person singular past historic èbbi le mani legate or ébbi le mani legate, past participle avùto le mani legate, first-person singular future avrò le mani legate, first-person singular subjunctive àbbia le mani legate, second-person singular imperative àbbi le mani legate, auxiliary avére) (idiomatic) to have one's hands tied