My hands are tied.

我无能为力。

youdao

I really wish I could help but my hands are tied.

我的确想帮忙，但却多有不便。

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Can you get it, Paul? My hands are tied.

保罗，你能不能去接电话？我现在不能接。

youdao

It seems to me that the government's hands are rather tied becasue the government has very large deficit, and it's running curly from deficits So something like a third of the governments' revenues in income taxes it takes in go through paid interests on its debt.

好像政府现在,能力有限，因为庞大的赤字,政府也还在尽量避免,赤字情况,政府通过收入所得税',拿到的钱中1/3都,要拿去还政府欠债的利息。

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