Editing Handcuffs (section)

==Metaphorical uses==
Handcuffs are common enough for the word to be used in metaphors, e.g.:
* [[Golden handcuffs]] – an incentive given to an employee by a firm, most or all of which must be repaid to the company if the employee leaves the firm within a specified period of time.
* As a verb, meaning to be kept from doing something by another's action or inaction – "He said that his computer work is ''handcuffed'' by his [[internet provider]]'s refusal to accept [[.zip]] files."
* In [[Fantasy football (American)|fantasy football]], one strategy is to have both a star player and his backup, or "handcuff", on a team's roster of players. If the star is injured, the handcuff will be his likely replacement.
* One of the Spanish terms for "handcuffs", {{lang|es-ES|esposas}}, literally means "wives, (female) spouses".<ref name="DLE">{{cite book |title=Diccionario de la lengua española |publisher=RAE-ASALE |edition=23.8 |url=https://dle.rae.es/esposo?m=form |access-date=11 February 2025 |language=es |chapter=esposo, esposa}}</ref><ref name="DCECH">{{cite book |last1=Corominas |first1=Joan |last2=Pascual |first2=José Antonio |title=Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Vol. 2: Ce - F |date=2010 |publisher=Gredos |location=Madrid |isbn=84-249-1363-9 |page=752 |edition=1., 7. reimpr |language=es |chapter=esposo |quote=La metáfora consistente en comparar las manillas con unas ''esposas'' es ya antigua [J. Ruiz 497c: la lección ''posas'' de ''S'' es lapsus, comprobado por el metro; APal. 263d; Nebr.]}}</ref>