back against wall
- corneredUnable to flee
- trappedUnable to escape
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- pinnedFixed firmly, immobilized
- surroundedBounded on all sides
defensive · pressure · fight · survival · escape · nowhere · boxed · squeezed · crisis · standoff · brink · edge · last stand · outnumbered · hunted · siege · retreat · defiant
desperation/pressure
back against wallsitting pretty
In favorable circumstances
in the clear · home free · out of the woods · in the driver's seat · coasting
agency/freedom
back against wallholding all the cards
Having every advantage
in the driver's seat · free rein · carte blanche · calling the shots · in control
vulnerability
back against wallsafe and sound
Unharmed and protected
fortified · impregnable · unassailable · shielded · cushioned