影视英语口语:束手无策

“束手无策”在英语口语里能怎么说？

接近口语：don't know what to do
地道口语：get stuck

素材来源：《识骨寻踪》
剧情简介：随着Booth到了尸骨发现现场，两人见到了Bones那个传说中的助手，什么嘛，原来以为很彪悍的，结果是个长得粉嫩的伪正太！Booth不厚道地评论道：“这孩子就是一标准眯眼！”……

【台词片段】
Booth: He’s got no sense of discretion. That kid. Typical squint.
Bones: I don’t know what that means.
Booth: Well when the cops get stuck we bring in people like you. You know squints. You know to squint at things.
Bones: Oh you mean people with very high IQs and basic reasoning skills.
Booth: Yeah.