pull the/somebody's strings

to control something or someone, especially when you are not the person who is supposed to be controlling them 幕后操纵；暗中控制

It was widely believed that Montagu was secretly pulling the strings behind the prime minister.

人们普遍认为蒙塔古在暗中控制首相。

Examples from the Corpus

pull the/somebody’s strings• However, I was going to try to pull the right strings.• In his own way, he knew how to pull her strings.• But if he was the puppet, who was pulling the strings and to what dance?• So, when he died, the puppets had no-one to pull their strings anymore.• The scientists pulling his strings are erratic.• Who is really pulling the strings at the White House?• Swindon's John Reynolds the man who pulled the strings for Andre Agassi.• She, who had always pulled the strings, to have found herself in this position.

→ pull the/somebody’s strings at pull1(2)

单词	pull the/somebody's strings
释义	pull the/somebody's strings pull the/somebody's strings to control something or someone, especially when you are not the person who is supposed to be controlling them 幕后操纵；暗中控制 It was widely believed that Montagu was secretly pulling the strings behind the prime minister. 人们普遍认为蒙塔古在暗中控制首相。 Examples from the Corpus pull the/somebody’s strings• However, I was going to try to pull the right strings.• In his own way, he knew how to pull her strings.• But if he was the puppet, who was pulling the strings and to what dance?• So, when he died, the puppets had no-one to pull their strings anymore.• The scientists pulling his strings are erratic.• Who is really pulling the strings at the White House?• Swindon's John Reynolds the man who pulled the strings for Andre Agassi.• She, who had always pulled the strings, to have found herself in this position. → pull the/somebody’s strings at pull1(2)
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