"Keep on a string" nghĩa là gì?

"Keep (someone or something) on a string" = giật dây -> nghĩa là kiểm soát, điều khiển hoặc cai quản ai/cái gì.

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If he wasn’t fully committed to the idea of playing, though, he said wasn’t expecting the Vikings to wait around for him, and he didn’t want to keep them on a string.

“There are exceptions, but as a general rule you get a little bit less than what you’re paying for, and companies spend money to do that. The whole game is to keep you on a string. Before the savings and loans went under, they were papered with bales of paper. Paperwork from a crook (kẻ lừa gạt) is a license to steal.”

“He’s really unique,” began Gretzky, “because he has the ability for all three factors — his hands, his brain, his feet — to be on the exact same page. A lot of guys can get one or two of the three. I mean, most guys at the NHL level have the hands to keep it on a string. But my gosh, he has the ability to do that at a faster speed than maybe anyone else in the history of the game.

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