keep (one) on a string

To maintain great influence over one. If you want to keep someone on a string, flattery always helps.See also: keep, on, string

have/keep somebody on a ˈstring

make somebody do what you want because you have control over them: Of course, he’s rich and powerful enough to keep several people on a string.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.See also: have, keep, on, somebody, string

单词	keep (one) on a string
释义	keep (one) on a string keep (one) on a string To maintain great influence over one. If you want to keep someone on a string, flattery always helps.See also: keep, on, string have/keep somebody on a ˈstring make somebody do what you want because you have control over them: Of course, he’s rich and powerful enough to keep several people on a string.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.See also: have, keep, on, somebody, string
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