金縛り

かなしばり
binding hand & foot
a temporary feeling of paralysis

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かなしばり【金縛り】

¶恐怖で彼女はその場に～になった

Terror rooted her to the spot ［ground］. ; She was rooted to the spot ［ground］ by terror.

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かなしばり【金縛り】

●金縛りにあう be paralyzed [transfixed, petrified, turned to stone, unable to move hand or foot]; feel as though some strange [supernatural] force had bound one hand and foot

・金縛りにあったように動けなくなる be unable to move, as though one had been bound hand and foot

・金縛りになっている be paralyzed [transfixed, bound hand and foot]; 〔借金などで〕 have nowhere to turn to (for money); be in dire financial straits; have so many financial commitments that one doesn't know where to turn [is bound hand and foot]

・金縛りにしている paralyze; hold sb down (so that he cannot move); hold sb immobile; have 《the country》 in a 《米》 vise [《英》 vice].