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Have someone at one’s mercy, as in You have to pay up—they’ve got you by the balls. The balls here allude to the male genitals. [Vulgar slang; early 1900s]
Have someone at one’s mercy, as in You have to pay up—they’ve got you by the balls. The balls here allude to the male genitals. [Vulgar slang; early 1900s]