Because you are holding the purse strings.

因为钱在你手里。

It all comes down to who holds the purse strings.

【purse】都得由掌管钱财的人说了算。

Well, he certainly knows now who holds the purse strings, if he didn't before.

Sinobu：好吧，如果他以前不知道的话，他现在当然知道谁掌管了钱袋。

Today it's her turn to hold the purse strings and purvey for her family.

今天轮到她掌管金钱和为家人供应伙食了。

" To hold the purse strings" means to be the person who decides how much money is spent.

” “to hold the purse strings” 意思是决定花多少钱的人。

Paul Goldwater: I'm afraid that's the case. And unfortunately the mainstream SIDS researchers seem to hold the purse strings.

恐怕是这样。不幸的是，SIDS的研究人员似乎持有资金链。

In this case, Sinobu is saying that Jesse has control of the money; he holds the purse strings even though it's not his money.

在这种情况下， Sinobu 是在说 Jesse 控制了这笔钱；他掌管着钱袋， 尽管这不是他的钱。

But the idea here is that the person that holds the purse strings is the person who decides how money is going to be spent.

但这里的想法是，掌握资金的人是决定如何花钱的人。