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| English | Russian |
| cut the apron strings | перестать цепляться за мамину юбку (Lyubov_Zubritskaya) |
| on the string | в подвешенном состоянии (In a state of anxious uncertainty: They were supposed to call me last week! How long are they going to keep me on the string like this?  thefreedictionary.com Se6astian) |
| pluck at the heart strings | растрогать кого-либо до слёз (mangcorn) |
| pull the strings | заправлять (чем-л. предосудительным: So basically the people who built this province will get to have no heritage and if so-called indigenous peoples ask for Heritage designations to be removed it'll just be done. This is racism. It's not Equity it's not Justice it's pure and simple ethnic racism and for some reason a lot of rich white people enjoy destroying their own Heritage because they feel that some other group is more deserving. You find that it's almost always rich white people who are pulling the strings here. -- этим заправляют (vancouversun.com) ART Vancouver) |