have one's back to the wall
попасть в трудную ситуацию, занять оборонительную позицию; "быть припёртым к стене"
He had his back to the wall because he was being blackmailed.
Другие идиомы:
- have had enough
- have (someone's) ear
- back to basics
- have an in with (someone)
- hardly have time to breathe
- have one's eyes glued to (something)
- have half a mind to do (something)
- have a lot on one's plate
- have a feeling about (something)
- have one's heart set against (something)
- have arrived
- have a notion to do (something)
- have a time
- have the right-of-way
- have butterflies in one's stomach