| 词汇 | have somebody on a string |
| 释义 | (redirected from have somebody on a string)have (someone) on a stringTo have great influence over someone. If you want to have someone on a string, flattery always helps. keep (one) on a stringTo maintain great influence over one. If you want to keep someone on a string, flattery always helps. have/keep somebody on a ˈstringmake somebody do what you want because you have control over them: Of course, he’s rich and powerful enough to keep several people on a string.This idiom refers to a puppet (= a model of a person or an animal) that is controlled with strings attached to parts of its body. |
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