have/keep sb on a string是什么意思_英语组词翻译

词组

have/keep sb on a string

释义

●have/keep sb on a ˈstring

make sb do what you want because you have control over them 操纵（或支配）某人；使某人顺从自己

◆Of course, he’s rich and powerful enough to keep several people on a string.
当然，他有钱有势，有好多人供他驱使。

NOTE 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. 这个习语原指木偶戏。木偶通过与其身体部位相连的线操纵。

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