get by the balls

== English == === Etymology === See balls (“testicles”). === Pronunciation === === Verb === get by the balls (third-person singular simple present gets by the balls, present participle getting by the balls, simple past got by the balls, past participle (UK) got by the balls or (US) gotten by the balls) (slang, vulgar) To have complete control over someone, especially of a woman abusing a man's infatuation with her. (Theodore Roosevelt) ==== Synonyms ==== have by the short and curlies ==== Translations ====