31. Once FINA absolved Riley, whose coach gave her a headache pill, Foschi had US Swimming over a barrel . 32. The irascible tyrant could well have his OPEC brethren, and the rest of the world, over a barrel . 33. Bush had him over a barrel . 34. There are very few places ( like UPS ) where unions have the whole industry over a barrel . 35. Until then the oil exporters have us, yes, over a barrel , and are exploiting their temporary advantage with gusto. 36. He had others but had to lay them off since the slaughter house man has him over a barrel . 37. "But the owners have us over a barrel because they know somebody will buy those tickets if I don't. 38. "The power plants have us over a barrel , " said Tim Carmichael, executive director of the Clean Air Coalition. 39. The price sounds outrageous to me, but my parents are doing it and basically circumstances had them over a barrel . 40. Selig finally appears to have the union over a barrel on an important baseball issue, possibly for the first time.