pieds et poings liés
Meanings
Phrase
1. bound hand and foot (with one's feet and hands bound)
2. stuck, unable to do anything, entirely at the mercy of someone else (figuratively)
Examples3
être pieds et poings liés
to be hog-tied, to have one's hands and feet tied, to be bound hand and foot
Il est pieds et poings liés.
He's bound hand and foot.
Le voleur était pieds et poings liés.
The thief was bound hand and foot.