got the balls

got the balls
[B]
got the courage, got what it takes
  

He wants to enforce gun control, and he's got the balls to do it.


English Idioms. Sayings and slang .

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

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  • got you by the balls — [B] got you so you can t move or quit or back out    If you signed the contract, they ve got you by the balls …   English idioms

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  • balls —    the testicles    Common male usage. Also used of courage, of either sex:     I got to admire him for that: the balls. (Sanders, 1980)     Maybe Mama even hustles him right here: she s got the balls for it. (Sanders, 1977) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • have someone by the balls — have (someone) by the balls very informal! to have someone in a situation where you have complete power over them. I owe them Ј5,000. They ve got me by the balls …   New idioms dictionary

  • have by the balls — have (someone) by the balls very informal! to have someone in a situation where you have complete power over them. I owe them Ј5,000. They ve got me by the balls …   New idioms dictionary

  • have a man by the balls — tv. to have a man in a position where he has little choice but to do what one says. (Usually objectionable.) □ She’s really got him by the balls. He will go along with whatever she wants. □ What could I do? They had me by the balls! …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • got what it takes — got what is needed, got the balls [B]    We need a person to manage the office. Ko s got what it takes …   English idioms

  • get by the balls — verb To have complete control over someone, especially of a woman abusing a mans infatuation with her. Too bad shes got you by the balls. Syn: have by the short and curlies …   Wiktionary

  • balls (!) — Noun. 1. Testicles. Usually in plural. 2. Courage, in for example, She hasn t got the balls to tell him the truth. 3. Rubbish, nonsense. Exclam. Expressing annoyance …   English slang and colloquialisms

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