hold the purse strings



hold the purse strings

to control the spending of a family's or an organization's money In our house it was my mother who held the purse strings.
See also: hold, purse, string

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lolita[ləu'li:tə]
MatĚJ-Czech
Albertas-Lithuanian
Gasto-Ancient Germanic
SaraiSER-ie (English)Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
SharronSHER-ən, SHAR-ənEnglish