have a/(one's) finger on the button
have a/(one's) finger on the button
To be responsible for choosing to fire a country's nuclear weapons. Who has their finger on the button? Who will decide if we fire back at that country?
See also: button, finger, have, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- under fire
- draw (someone's) fire
- draw fire
- draw someone's fire
- put out a/the fire
- a fire under (someone or something)
- miss fire
- on fire
- take fire
- open fire on (someone)