have someone by the short and curlies

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have someone by the short and curlies (third-person singular simple present has someone by the short and curlies, present participle having someone by the short and curlies, simple past and past participle had someone by the short and curlies)

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) Synonym of have someone by the short hairs