| 单词 | to pull the wires |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pull (also move) the wires b. Each of the lines by which a puppet or marionette is manipulated. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts, esp. in the phrase to pull (also move) the wires (cf. wire-puller n.). Cf. string n. 1i. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > puppetry > [noun] > puppet > strings or wires of wire1656 string1860 society > authority > power > influence > have influence [verb (intransitive)] > exert influence > behind the scenes to pull (also move) the wires1813 to pull (also work) the ropes1841 to pull the strings1860 to pull strings1924 society > authority > control > be in control [verb (intransitive)] > have in one's control to find (know, etc.) the length (also measure) of a person's foot1580 to have the ball at one's foot (feet) (also before one)?c1625 to pull (also move) the wires1834 1656 J. Collop Poesis Rediviva 40 Puppits which move by phancies wire, Let th' rich in fooleries desire. 1685 W. Clark Grand Tryal ii. v. 33 A thing [sc. a human body], so long as Soul doth it inspire, Moves for a time, like [a] Puppet on a Wyre; That gone, it moves, it prats, it squeeks no more. a1704 T. Brown Walk round London in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 14 A Guide, that..can do no more for them, than the Wire in the Finger of the Poppet-Player. 1734 J. Swift Strephon & Cloe in Beautiful Young Nymph 23 From yonder Puppet-Man inquire, Who wisely hides his Wood and Wire. 1813 Deb. Congr. U.S. 5 Jan. (1853) 12th Congr. 2nd Sess. 562 When those who pulled the wires saw fit, they passed away. 1834 S. Rogers Let. to Ld. Holland 28 Oct. in Pearson's 76th Catal. (1894) 51 Lord Durham appears to be pulling at 3 wires at the same time—not that the 3 papers—the Times, Examiner and Spectator are his puppets, but they speak his opinions. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. xciv. 321 A demagogue of greater talent..may practically pull the wires of a President whom he has put into the chair. 1919 Times 12 June 10/1 The second pulled the wires and put into action the formidable machinery of the Church militant. 1976 Diacritics 6 45 In Bunraku the puppet is not held by any wire. 1988 G. Lees Meet me at Jim & Andy's v. 72 He knew Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, and he pulled wires. 2007 Baltimore Sun (Nexis) 12 Dec. The plot is as transparent as the wires used to manipulate the puppets. < as lemmas |
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