look down the barrel イディオム

a barrel of laughs

a lot of fun, a person who makes you laugh Let's invite Chang to our party. He's a barrel of laughs.

cash on the barrelhead

"pay cash to the owner at the time of purchase; cold, hard cash" "The old man said, ""To buy my pony you'll have to pay $300 - cash on the barrelhead."""

lock, stock and barrel

everything, kit and caboodle They took everything in the shed - lock, stock and barrel.

over a barrel

in a helpless or trapped position I think that we have them over a barrel and should be able to win the contract easily.

scrape the bottom of the barrel

use the last ones or the worst ones, seconds He's a bad referee. We scraped the bottom of the barrel to find him.

shooting fish in a barrel

a task that is too easy, a game without challenge We won 18-2. It was like shooting fish in a barrel.

over a/the barrel

in a helpless condition；trapped受牵制的；无能为力
I have to obey him because he's got me over a barrel．我被他所控制，只好服从他。

over the barrel

in a helpless condition；trapped受牵制的；无能为力
I have to obey him because he's got me over a barrel．我被他所控制，只好服从他。

lock, stock, and barrel

Idiom(s): lock, stock, and barrel

Theme: EVERYTHING

everything. (Fixed order.)
• We had to move everything out of the house—lock, stock, and barrel.
• We lost everything—lock, stock, and barrel—in the fire.

let sb have it with both barrels

Idiom(s): let sb have it (with both barrels)

Theme: SCOLDING

to strike someone or attack someone verbally. (Informal. With both barrels simply intensifies the phrase.)
• I really let Tom have it with both barrels. I told him he had better not do that again if he knows what's good for him.
• Bob let John have it—right on the chin.