CONTROL THE PURSE STRINGS

control the purse strings: translation

► to be in charge of a family's or organization's money and responsible for deciding what it will be spent on: »

She is the typical Japanese housewife who controls the family's purse strings.

Main Entry: ↑purse

control the purse strings: translation

control the purse strings & hold the purse strings

Fig. to be in charge of the money in a business or a household. •

I control the purse strings at our house.

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Mr. Williams is the treasurer. He controls the purse strings.