[TOP]purse strings the 'purse strings noun [pl.] a way of referring to money and how it is controlled or spent 资金(或支出)的管理: Who holds the purse strings in your house? 你们家里谁管钱？ The government will have to tighten the purse strings (= spend less). 政府将不得不紧缩开支。 [TOP]purse strings
1.N-PLURAL 复数名词 资金的支配；财权 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.
【搭配模式】：the N
Women control the purse-strings of most families... 大多数家庭由女性掌握财政大权。
The bank has been too slow in loosening the purse strings. 银行一直迟迟不愿放开资金。