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Beslut och Kontroll - Kraft & skyldighet

Dyk ner i engelska idiom angående kraft och skyldighet, som "be boxed into a corner" och "the call of duty".

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English idioms related to Decision & Control
to force one's hand

to leave someone no choice but to do something they would not do otherwise

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to put the squeeze on sb

to make someone do something by putting them under pressure, especially to get money from them

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to clip one's wings

to reduce or restrain a person's freedom, influence, or authority

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to have sb over a barrel

to place someone in a situation in which they have no choice but to accept one's offer or request

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to crack the whip

to make use of one's power or authority to force someone to work harder or behave better

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to be boxed into a corner

to be placed in a problematic situation to which there is no favorable solution

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to scrape (the bottom of) the barrel

to have no option but to make use of people or things of very poor quality

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one's hands are tied

used to say that one's freedom in action is limited by a rule or law

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to go through the motions

to do something without real interest, feeling, or effort

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the call of duty

the feeling or belief that one must do or accomplish something

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to make a virtue of necessity

to get an advantage from doing something that is forced upon one

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one's way or the highway

used to say that someone has two options, either accept what has been said or leave it be

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ball and chain

something that limits or takes away one's freedom to do what one wants

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marching orders

a set of instructions from a person in authority concerning what one must do or how to do it

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no strings attached

offered or provided without any hidden agendas, requirements, or consequences

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