单词 | in-someones-pocket |
释义 | in someone's pocketphrase See full dictionary entry for pocketIf you say that someone is in someone else's pocket, you disapprove of the fact that the first person is willing to do whatever the second person tells them, for example out of weakness or in return for money. [disapproval] The board of directors must surely have been in Johnstone's pocket. in someone's pocket in American English completely under someone's influence in someone's pocketif you are in someone's pocket, they control you or have power over you and so youdo everything that they tell you The Labour party suffered badly in the election from Conservative claims that itwas in the pockets of the unions. Definition of 'in someone's pocket' |
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