It's like a vise.

Or vise versa.

Mikhail clamped the vise.

I put his head in a vise.

Hey, them my vise grips, man!

She'll put my nuts in a vise.

I put his head in a vise.

- We have him in a vise. - What is the other half of this vise ?

-We have him in a vise. -What is the other half of this vise?

Which would explain the vise grip on my arm.