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hold the purse strings

control how much is spent, decide when to spend He does the talking, but she holds the purse strings.

play on my heart strings

cause me to feel emotional, make me feel sentimental The movie Hey Jude will play on your heart strings - make you cry.

pull a few strings

help by talking to powerful people, it's not what you know... My application was late, but a friend of mine pulled a few strings and got me an interview.

pull strings

secretly use influence and power He was able to pull some strings and get his son a job for the summer.

strings attached

obligations, restraining conditions He was able to borrow the money for the furniture with no strings attached.

tied to your mother's apron strings

still dependent on mom, needing your mom's help He has to ask his mother. He's still tied to her apron strings.

have two strings to one's bow

have an alternative or choice有两手准备
You've made sure in both directions．It's always good to have two strings to one's bow．你已经在两个方面都落实了。有两手准备总是好的。

run circle around rings around

show that one can do a task much better than；do better than sb．very easily轻而易举做某事；举手之劳
Frank ran rings around the other boys on the basketball team．在篮球队中法兰克的球技远远超过其他队友。

run circle around/run rings around

run circle run rings around

with no strings attached

Idiom(s): with no strings attached AND without any strings attached

Theme: UNCONDITIONALLY

unconditionally; with no obligations attached.
• My parents gave me a computer without any strings attached.
• I want this only if there are no strings attached.

tied to one's mother's apron strings

Idiom(s): tied to one's mother's apron strings

Theme: CONTROL

dominated by one's mother; dependent on one's mother.
• Tom is still tied to his mother's apron strings.
• Isn't he a little old to be tied to his mother's apron strings?

get one's bearings

Idiom(s): get one's bearings

Theme: LOCATION

to determine where one is; to determine how one is oriented to one's immediate environment.
• After he fell, it took Ted a few minutes to get his bearings.
• Jane found her compass and got her bearings almost immediately.
• I don't have my bearings yet. Wait a minute.

control the purse strings

Idiom(s): control the purse strings

Theme: CONTROL

to be in charge of the money in a business or a household.
• I control the purse strings at our house.
• Mr. Williams is the treasurer. He controls the purse strings.

without any strings attached

run rings around

Idiom(s): run circles around someone AND run rings around someone

Theme: SUPERIORITY

to outrun or outdo someone. (Informal.)
• John is a much better racer than Mary. He can run circles around her.
• Mary can run rings around Sally.

Apron strings

A man who is tied to a woman's apron strings is excessively dependent on her, especially when it is his mother's apron strings.

No strings attached

If something has no strings attached, there are no obligations or requirements involved.

Ringside seat

If you have a ringside seat, you can observe something from a very close and clear position.

Run rings around someone

If you run rings around someone, you are so much better than them that they have no chance of keeping up with you.

Tug at the heartstrings

f something tugs at the heartstrings, it makes you feel sad or sympathetic towards it.

tied to his mother's apron strings

someone (normally a man) who does what his mother tells him: "He didn't want to come out last weekend, because his mother disapproves of us. He's really tied to her apron strings!"

find one's bearings|bearings|find|get|get one's be

v. phr. To know where one is or where one is headed. "Without a compass," the sergeant warned the enlisted men, "you will never find your bearings in the desert."

pull strings|pull wires|string|strings|wire|wires

v. phr., informal To secretly use influence and power, especially with people in charge or in important jobs to do or get something; make use of friends to gain your wishes. If you want to see the governor, Mr. Root can pull strings for you. Jack pulled wires and got us a room at the crowded hotel. -

purse strings|purse|string|strings

n. Care or control of money. Dad holds the purse strings in our family. The treasurer refused to let go of the club's purse strings.

run circles around|circles|rings|run|run rings aro

v. phr. To show that you can do a task much better than; do better than (someone) very easily. In spelling, Ruth could run circles around Barbara any day. Frank ran rings around the other boys on the basketball team.

strings attached|attached|strings

adv. phr. With some special proviso or condition that is a handicap. John inherited a large fortune but with the string attached that he could not touch a penny of it before his 28th birthday.

tied to one's mother's apron strings|apron|apron s

Not independent of your mother; not able to do anything without asking your mother. Even after he grew up he was still tied to his mother's apron strings.

bearings

bearings
see get one's bearings.

find one's bearings

find one's bearings
see get one's bearings.

hope springs eternal

hope springs eternal
People will keep on hoping, no matter what the odds. For example, I keep buying lottery tickets—hope springs eternal. This expression was coined by Alexander Pope (An Essay on Man, 1732) and quickly became proverbial.

lose one's bearings

lose one's bearings
see under get one's bearings.

purse strings

purse strings
Financial resources or control of them, as in His mother doesn't want to let go of the purse strings because he may make some foolish investments. This expression is often extended to hold or tighten or loosen the purse strings, as in As long as Dad holds the purse strings, we have to consider his wishes, or The company is tightening the purse strings and will not be hiring many new people this year. The purse strings in this idiom are the means of opening and closing a drawstring purse. [Early 1400s]

tied to apron strings

tied to apron strings
Wholly dependent on or controlled by a woman, especially one's mother or wife. For example, At 25, he was still too tied to her apron strings to get an apartment of his own. This expression, dating from the early 1800s, probably alluded to apron-string tenure, a 17th-century law that allowed a husband to control his wife's and her family's property during her lifetime.

two strings to one's bow

two strings to one's bow
More than one means of reaching an objective, as in Louise hasn't heard yet, but she's got two strings to her bow—she can always appeal to the chairman. This expression alludes to a well-prepared archer, who carries a spare string in case one fails. [Mid-1400s]