"atado de manos" meaning in Español

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Phrase

IPA: [aˌt̪a.ð̞o ð̞e ˈma.nos] Forms: atados [plural], de [plural], manos [plural], atada [feminine], de [feminine], manos [feminine], atadas [feminine, plural], de [feminine, plural], manos [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: a.nos
  1. Dicho de una persona o institución, sin posibilidad alguna de resolver un problema debido a circunstancias ajenas a su voluntad. Tags: figurative
    Sense id: es-atado_de_manos-es-phrase-SsQRWEnf Categories (other): ES:Términos en sentido figurado
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Locuciones",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Locuciones adjetivas",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "ES:Rimas:a.nos",
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    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "manos",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manos",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atadas",
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        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "de",
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        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Español",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "Locución adjetiva",
  "raw_tags": [
    "no copulativa"
  ],
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              48
            ]
          ],
          "text": "La situación económica nos tiene atados de manos"
        }
      ],
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      "ipa": "[aˌt̪a.ð̞o ð̞e ˈma.nos]"
    },
    {
      "alternative": "atado de pies y manos",
      "not_same_pronunciation": true
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "a.nos"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "adjectival",
    "adjective"
  ],
  "word": "atado de manos"
}
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    "ES:Locuciones",
    "ES:Locuciones adjetivas",
    "ES:Rimas:a.nos",
    "Español"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "atados",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manos",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "atadas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang": "Español",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "Locución adjetiva",
  "raw_tags": [
    "no copulativa"
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "ES:Términos en sentido figurado"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              48
            ]
          ],
          "text": "La situación económica nos tiene atados de manos"
        }
      ],
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        "Dicho de una persona o institución, sin posibilidad alguna de resolver un problema debido a circunstancias ajenas a su voluntad."
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "figurative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[aˌt̪a.ð̞o ð̞e ˈma.nos]"
    },
    {
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      "not_same_pronunciation": true
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "a.nos"
    }
  ],
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    "adjectival",
    "adjective"
  ],
  "word": "atado de manos"
}

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