manacle
n
(usu pl 通常作复数) one of a pair of chains or metal bands for binding the hands or feet; fetter 手铐; 脚镣; 束缚. manacle, v [Tn]
bind (sb/sth) with manacles 给(某人[某物])上镣铐或加束缚.
Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.
小人得意,忘乎所以。
Knowing that the industrious ant lives in a highly organized society does nothing to prevent us from being filled with revulsion when we find hordes of them crawling over a carefully prepared picnic lunch.