"have one's hands tied" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "has one's hands tied",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "having one's hands tied",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had one's hands tied",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had one's hands tied",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "have<has,,had> one's hands tied"
      },
      "expansion": "have one's hands tied (third-person singular simple present has one's hands tied, present participle having one's hands tied, simple past and past participle had one's hands tied)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Icelandic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do. My hands are tied."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be powerless to act, to be thwarted."
      ],
      "id": "en-have_one's_hands_tied-en-verb-5cd1EB-m",
      "links": [
        [
          "powerless",
          "powerless"
        ],
        [
          "thwart",
          "thwart"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "tie someone's hands"
        },
        {
          "word": "have one's hands full"
        },
        {
          "word": "with one hand tied behind one's back"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "olla kädet sidottuna (more often (genitive/possessive suffix +) kädet ovat sidotut)",
          "sense": "be powerless to act"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "be powerless to act",
          "word": "avoir les mains liées"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "déno ta chéria",
          "sense": "be powerless to act",
          "word": "δένω τα χέρια"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "be powerless to act",
          "word": "vera bundinn í báða skó"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "be powerless to act",
          "word": "eli kolu bağlı olmak"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "have one's hands tied"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "has one's hands tied",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "having one's hands tied",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had one's hands tied",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had one's hands tied",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "have<has,,had> one's hands tied"
      },
      "expansion": "have one's hands tied (third-person singular simple present has one's hands tied, present participle having one's hands tied, simple past and past participle had one's hands tied)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tie someone's hands"
    },
    {
      "word": "have one's hands full"
    },
    {
      "word": "with one hand tied behind one's back"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do. My hands are tied."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be powerless to act, to be thwarted."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "powerless",
          "powerless"
        ],
        [
          "thwart",
          "thwart"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "olla kädet sidottuna (more often (genitive/possessive suffix +) kädet ovat sidotut)",
      "sense": "be powerless to act"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "be powerless to act",
      "word": "avoir les mains liées"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "déno ta chéria",
      "sense": "be powerless to act",
      "word": "δένω τα χέρια"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "be powerless to act",
      "word": "vera bundinn í báða skó"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "be powerless to act",
      "word": "eli kolu bağlı olmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "have one's hands tied"
}