| 单词 | on a string |
| 释义 | on a stringSEE SYNONYMS FOR on a string ON THESAURUS.COM Under someone's control, as in She'll drop everything whenever Sam asks for something—he's got her on a string. This expression, alluding to pulling an animal on a leash, dates from the late 1500s, when it was put as in a string. Words nearby on a stringon a rampage, on a roll, on a shoestring, Onassis, Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, on a string, on a tangent, Oñate, on balance, onbeat, on behalf of The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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