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Home English to Spanish to have sb by the short hairs / (British also) by the short and curlies (informal)
Translation of to have sb by the short hairs / (British also) by the short and curlies (informal) in Spanish:
to have sb by the short hairs / (British also) by the short and curlies (informal)
tener agarrado a algn, phr.
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tener agarrado a algn informal
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