fall into smb.'s clutches

(fall (или get) into smb.'s clutches)

попасть в чьи-л. лапы; см. тж. escape from smb.'s clutches

The stranger had fallen into the clutches of the actors and there was some joke going on at his expense. (J. Plunkett, ‘The Trusting and the Maimed’, ‘The Scoop’) — Незнакомец попал в лапы к актерам, и они принялись подшучивать над ним.