| 单词 | purse strings |
| 释义 | purse stringsplural noun If you say that someone holds or controls the purse strings, you mean that they control the way that money is spent in a particular family, group, or country. Women control the purse strings of most families. The bank has been too slow in loosening the purse strings. purse strings in British Englishplural noun control of finance or expenditure (esp in such phrases as hold or control the purse strings) purse strings in American English a drawstring for closing certain purses Idioms: hold the purse strings tighten (or loosen) the purse strings Examples of 'purse strings' in a sentence |
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