be bound hands and feet

be bound hands and feet

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ù sh ǒ ush ù Z ú, which means binding hands and feet. He is timid and worried. It comes from the second chapter of Aiwu's a hundred irons into steel.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: bind hands and feet, bind hands and feet

The origin of Idioms

The second chapter of Aiwu's "a hundred irons made into steel" is: "it's the damned top of the furnace, which limits him, so that he can't adjust the gas and air. He doesn't dare to move his finger casually."

Idiom usage

It refers to being too careful to let go.