Damnit, they've got us holed up.

Russian translation: Чёрт! Они нас обложили так, что и не высунуться!

18:26 Jun 24, 2020
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English term or phrase: Damnit, they've got us holed up.
Военнослужащий говорит свои сослуживцам во время боя.

Может быть, речь идет о том, что их прижали к земле и они не могут голову высунуть? Или "они прижали нас"?
Nikita Stepanov
Russian Federation
Local time: 14:37
Russian translation:Чёрт! Они нас обложили так, что и не высунуться!
Explanation:
Где-то так
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Angela Greenfield
United States
Local time: 07:37
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Summary of answers provided
3Проклятье, они заставили нас прятаться.
didimblog
3Чёрт! Они нас обложили так, что и не высунуться!
Angela Greenfield
4 -1Черт, они загнали нас в тупик.
YESHWANT UMRALKAR


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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
damnit, they've got us holed up.
Проклятье, они заставили нас прятаться.


Explanation:
Как я понимаю, смысл фразы в том, что их заставили спрятаться.

Поэтому подойдёт "заставили зарыться в землю", "найти укрытие", "спрятаться в сарае", "сидеть в окопах" или "в овраге", то есть ближе к "прижали к земле".

"Они прижали нас" - тут ближе к тому, что их прижали к стенке, поставили в трудное положение, это другой оттенок, он, на мой взгляд, не очень подходит.

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Цитаты из разных источников

""Damn it, now they got us holed up in here".
https://books.google.ru/books?id=DEkcAwAAQBAJ - книга Live! From Planet Earth: Stories

«“Lois, they’ve got us holed up in a…” the role of polite guest forbade my calling it a cage “…a literal fortress in the remotest freezing corner of the Andes».
https://catwoman-cattales.com/ct/41-identityelement.pdf

"Instead Nolan's got us holed up in some ship going to the Galaxy's chief Custard".
https://boards.theforce.net/threads/njo-purges-ii-the-bigsho...

"Great! They've got us holed up here... we can't leave the building without them getting to us".
https://wiki.flexiblesurvival.com/w/Round_Mountain_Blues

"I've got us holed up in a place where I can see them comin'".
http://pawfectmanners.com/m7fc/stories/rescuedfic/Aussielass...

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Hole up - https://www.multitran.com/m.exe?l1=1&l2=2&s=hole up


Hole up:

in British English
1. (of an animal) to hibernate, esp in a cave
2. informal to hide or remain secluded
in American English
1. to hibernate, usually in a hole
2. to shut oneself in
3. to hide out
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/hole-up

- to hide out in or as if in a hole or cave
- to place in or as if in a refuge or hiding place
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hole up

- Hide oneself.
https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/hole_up

- If you hole up somewhere, you hide or shut yourself there, usually so that people cannot find you or disturb you.
[informal] (His creative process involves holing up in his Paris flat with the phone off the hook.)
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/hole-up

- to stay in a safe place, often as a way of avoiding something or hiding from someone
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hole-up-...

- if you hole up or are holed up somewhere, you stay there, especially because you are hiding
(She was holed up at a resort somewhere, trying to avoid the media.)
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/hole...


(Военный жаргон) hole up - окапываться.
https://www.multitran.com/m.exe?a=3&sc=70&s=hole up&l1=1&l2=...

didimblog
Russian Federation
Local time: 15:37
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
damnit, they've got us holed up.
Чёрт! Они нас обложили так, что и не высунуться!


Explanation:
Где-то так

Angela Greenfield
United States
Local time: 07:37
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
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1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
damnit, they've got us holed up.
Черт, они загнали нас в тупик.


Explanation:
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YESHWANT UMRALKAR
India
Local time: 17:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Boris Shapiro: Wrong usage.
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