| 单词 | in a person's pocket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a person's pocket a. in a person's pocket: under a person's control or influence; (of an outcome, etc.) assured, guaranteed (cf. in the bag at bag n. 18f). ΚΠ 1607 B. Jonson Volpone iii. vii. sig. G4v Who shall know it? But hee, that cannot speake it; and this fellow, Whose lippes are i' my pocket . View more context for this quotation 1813 R. Wilson Diary 16 Feb. (1861) I. 283 I have them, Madame, always in my pocket; I can do with them as I will. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists ii. 55 He was sitting with the family seat in his pocket. 1959 P. H. Johnson Unspeakable Skipton (1961) 12 So long as Flabby Anne kept up her payments, he could just about get along. He had the La Bottes..in his pocket. 1979 E. Koch Good Night Little Spy ix. 82 They've [sc. the Soviets] got him exactly where they want him: in their pocket. 2001 New Internationalist Nov. 5/3 The Americans are seen to be firmly in the pocket of the Israelis and supremely indifferent to the plight of the Palestinians. < as lemmas |
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