have one's back to the wall
попасть в трудную ситуацию, занять оборонительную позицию; "быть припёртым к стене"
Пример использования идиомы have one's back to the wall:
He had his back to the wall because he was being blackmailed.
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Другие идиомы:
- have a run-in with (someone)
- have a green thumb
- have one's nose to the grindstone
- have (someone) over
- have it coming (to someone)
- have (something) coming out of one's ears
- have an eye for (something)
- have a hunch about (something)
- have sticky fingers
- have (someone) eating out of (the palm of) your hand
- have a closed mind (about something)
- have keen wits
- have a nose for (something)
- have bats in one's belfry
- have nothing on (someone or something)