on a string
US /ɑn ə ˈstrɪŋ/
・UK /ɒn ə ˈstriŋ/
B2
idm.To be under someone's control or influence.
The boss has him on a string to do all the extra work.
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エジプト学の専門家だけど質問ある？| Tech Support | WIRED Japan
- Here you use gravity and a tool that engineers still use, a plumbob, which is a weight on a string.
Here you use gravity and a tool that engineers still use, a plumbob, which is a weight on a string.
- Here you use gravity and a tool that engineers still use, a plumb bob, which is a weight on a string.
Here you use gravity and a tool that engineers still use, a plumb bob, which is a weight on a string.
How to pronounce J & Y in English
- yo-yo? I bet you you know what a yo-yo is. A yo-yo is a toy. Hmm. It's a toy on a string.
yo-yo? I bet you you know what a yo-yo is. A yo-yo is a toy. Hmm. It's a toy on a string.
- It's a toy on a string.
It's a toy on a string.
Stephen Curry's BEST PLAYS from the 2024-25 NBA Season
- He's got that thing on a string.
He's got that thing on a string.
- He's got that thing on a string
He's got that thing on a string
Phineas and Ferb - Chrobracabra Ho
- Cowboys tried to trap and trick it with just about everything, But no one's ever tried to lure it with a bully on a string.
Cowboys tried to trap and trick it with just about everything, But no one's ever tried to lure it with a bully on a string.
- (Bully on a string)
(Bully on a string)
US House passes bill mandating citizenship proof for midterm voters
- They are riding high on a string of special election wins, including one for the Texas State Senate, viewed as a wake up call for Republicans and as Trump's approval rating founders at just 38%, according to the latest Reuters poll.
They are riding high on a string of special election wins, including one for the Texas State Senate, viewed as a wake up call for Republicans and as Trump's approval rating founders at just 38%, according to the latest Reuters poll.
- They are riding high on a string of special election wins, including one for the Texas State Senate viewed as a wake-up call for Republicans and as Trump's approval rating founders at just 38%, according to the latest Reuters poll.
They are riding high on a string of special election wins, including one for the Texas State Senate viewed as a wake-up call for Republicans and as Trump's approval rating founders at just 38%, according to the latest Reuters poll.
Sigourney Weaver Takes The Colbert Questionert
- I've got the world on a string and the phone rings and it's Ridley Scott telling me I have the part I actually happen to have.
I've got the world on a string and the phone rings and it's Ridley Scott telling me I have the part I actually happen to have.
- I've got the world on a string.
I've got the world on a string.
Lecture 2. Introduction to Instruments and Musical Genres
- And there's something called partials, or the harmonic series, that happens in anything, on a string instrument or whatever.
And there's something called partials, or the harmonic series, that happens in anything, on a string instrument or whatever.
- on a string instrument or whatever,
on a string instrument or whatever,
20 Disturbing Songs Because of What We Know Now
- Silver bells hanging on a string, she told me it was my ding-a-ling-a-ling.
Silver bells hanging on a string, she told me it was my ding-a-ling-a-ling.