He whipped his hands away in fright.

他吃惊地抽手。

He could not blackmail her, for she had the whip hand.

他无法勒索她， 因为她手握鞭子。

Mrs. Cavendish, however, was a lady who liked to make her own plans, and expected other people to fall in with them, and in this case she certainly had the whip hand, namely: the purse strings.

然而，卡文迪什夫人是一位喜欢制定自划并期望其他人加入他们女士， 在这种情况下， 她当然有鞭子手， 即：钱包。