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contra las cuerdas
Leaning against the ropes of the boxing ring, as when exhausted and nearing defeat or collapse.
The champ had his opponent on the ropes at the end of the third round and knocked him out in the fourth.
contra las cuerdas
Showing signs of imminent failure or collapse.
After a good start in the stock market, this company seems to be on the ropes.
So Ukraine is on the ropes. Using that boxing metaphor, one immediately thinks of the new world heavyweight champion, the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, who was seemingly down and out u…
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