“我们已手到擒来，”林肯说。

"We had them," Lincoln said.

你以为你的胜利手到擒来，但是你错了。

You thought your victory was inevitable, but you were wrong.

这些在过去他可以不花心思、手到擒来的事儿，突然间仿佛变戏法一般难以驾驭。

What had once been a thing so easy it didn't even bear thinking about had suddenly become a trick akin to juggling.

当你招待某人时，或想要在尴尬的氛围中打破坚冰时，给一根香烟都是最手到擒来也最常见的方式(30年前没戒烟的时候我自己就常这么做)。

Offering a cigarette is a common way to greet someone, a handy ice-breaker especially in awkward situations (I myself used to do that until I quit smoking 30 years ago).