hold the purse strings

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To be in control of spending; to have financial power and responsibility. colloquial,idiomatic
    — The other branch was more immediately the representatives of the people, and it was a maxim that the people ought to hold the Purse-strings.

词形变化

holds the purse strings present,singular,third-person holding the purse strings participle,present held the purse strings participle,past held the purse strings past hold the pursestrings alternative hold the purse-strings alternative
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