avere le palle nella cassa

[redheart88]

In the Italian Sicilian dialect there is a curious saying:
Ciccio(abbreviation of Francesco) avi paddi 'nta cascia...which literally could be : Ciccio ha le palle nella cassa.
This means something like saying that a guy who is engaged to a girl can no longer behave freely as he used to do when he was single.
Is there an ironic expression in English, meaning more or less the same thing?
Thank you

 

[You little ripper!]

The only one I can think of is, "She's got his balls on a chain around her neck", which is generally used to mean that the woman is the boss in that relationship. I suppose that's pretty much the same as a man no longer being able to behave as freely as he used to when he was single.

 

[AlabamaBoy]

I was thinking "She has him on a short leash" which is not quite the same but indicates that his freedom is very limited. It is not quite as shocking as Charles's suggestion (at least it seems a little aggressive here in my neck of the woods), if you wanted something a little more polite.

 

[redheart88]

Thanks to both!