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单词 in the saddle
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in the saddle

phrase
If you are in the saddle, you are riding a horse.
When I watch horse racing on television, I wish I was back in the saddle.
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in the saddle

phrase
If you are in the saddle, you are in power or in control of a situation.
The armed forces and the hardliners are now going to be in the saddle.
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in the saddle in British English

in a position of control
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in the saddle in American English

1. 
seated on a saddle
2. 
in a position of control
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in the saddle

in charge of the affairs of a particular country, or making the important decisions in an organization
It is his bad luck to be in the saddle when his country has to decide which roadit is now going to follow.

Examples of 'in the saddle' in a sentence
in the saddle

C h HE'S back in the saddle and riding across the Cornish cliffs with the wind in his hair and a scowl on his face.
The Sun (2016)
He was strong in the saddle but horses liked him and would run for him.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Within three she will be back in the saddle.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Will he come up with a customised chopper to get her back in the saddle?
The Sun (2014)
Now some of us see his sovereignty in the saddle as stretching back across the decades.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He seemed genuinely thrilled to be back in the saddle.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But this time he was forced to concede he would not be able to get back in the saddle.
The Sun (2015)
Suppose that's one way of getting back in the saddle.
The Sun (2011)
Initially, it went well and he was able to get back in the saddle.
The Sun (2011)
I sit back in the saddle and relax.
Richard Fortey THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)
But, back in the saddle she escapes his strictures, her respectable job and her imminent motherhood.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In her class we pedal hard, stand up in the saddle, lean back and race as fast as we can.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)

Chinese translation of 'in the saddle'

in the saddle

  1. (on horse) 骑(騎)着(著)马(馬) (qízhe mǎ)
  2. (in control) 掌权(權) (zhǎngquán)
See saddle (sense 4)

Nearby words of
in the saddle

  • in the rain
  • in the region of
  • in the remote past
  • in the saddle
  • in the shade
  • in the shadow of sth
  • in the shape of a heart
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