hold purse strings

掌权者掌权掌权的人掌柜的

hold purse strings 的定义

n. 名词(复数) plural noun
  1. the right or power to manage the disposition of money: in control of the family purse strings.

hold purse strings 近义词

hold purse strings

等同于 control

更多hold purse strings例句

  1. On one summer lunch hour, Donna Ann Levonuk, 50, lifted a tub of diaper cream priced at $43.98—and then stashed it in her purse.
  2. The padlocked door down the hall was now open, and I found my purse.
  3. She retrieved a cigarette from her purse and lit it without moving her face away from the screen.
  4. Available at La Boîte SHOLDIT Clutch Wrap Purse, $70 We can all agree the dorky passport holders and money bags have got to go.
  5. These are longer than traditional ads, mini-stories, designed to pull at heart- as well as purse strings.
  6. Absently his hands wandered through the pockets, and found his purse and the money in an outside pocket.
  7. I turned round, thrust my purse into the lap of the nearest, and with a light heart led the lady back to the hotel.
  8. Ernest called out; "you have forgotten your money;" and he held out a purse, but the man was gone.
  9. Round her neck depended from a black velvet band, strings of diamonds of great size and magnificence.
  10. You would laugh if you should see the strings of eggs hanging across this pony's back—yes, eggs.