束手待死

hands tied and expecting the worst

to bind / bunch / bundle / classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc / to control

to have one's hands tied / helpless / unable to do anything about it

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

to stay

to wait / to treat / to deal with / to need / going to (do sth) / about to / intending to

to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned