[General] bind

[Silverobama]

Hi.

Are my sentences natural with "bind"?

1) Such a slogan will bind our hand and foot.
2) He is binding a new book.
3) Stones and cement binds strongly.
4) They bound the boy's hands.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi.

Are my sentences natural with "bind"?

1) Such a slogan will bind our hand and foot. :cross:
2) He is binding a new book. :tick:
3) Stones and cement binds strongly. :cross:
4) They bound the boy's hands. :tick:

2 and 4 are fine.

I'm not sure what you're trying to say with #1. Slogans don't bind anything. Please explain what you are trying to say.
I'm not sure what you mean by #3. Cement binds two other things to each other.

 

[GoesStation]

The expression to bind someone hand and foot exists, and means "to tie someone's hands and feet together". It's sometimes used figuratively, but a slogan isn't capable of exerting the kind of control the expression describes.

 

[emsr2d2]

The expression to bind someone hand and foot exists, and means "to tie someone hands and feet together". It's sometimes used figuratively, but a slogan isn't capable of exerting the kind of control the expression describes.

I wasn't familiar with that phrase but, even if a slogan could exert that kind of control, it would need to be "... will bind us hand and foot".

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Hi.

Are my sentences natural with "bind"?

1) Such a slogan will bind our hand and foot. That one makes no sense. Try again!

2) He is binding a new book. Good.

3) Stones and cement bond strongly. That's a better word.

4) They bound the boy's hands. Good.

Let us know next time you're in a bind!