| 释义 |
●have/keep sb on a ˈstringmake 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。 |