阿甘的美國大冒險

瘋狂英語教室-美國人這樣說
LESSON 216 第二百一十六課
to keep someone on a tight/short leash

to keep someone on a tight/short leash

 

Definion: to closely control someone's action, and only allow them a small amount of freedom to do what they want. 嚴密的控制某人, 只給少許自由。

 

Example 1: It's crazy that Joshua stays with that woman when she always keeps him on a tight leash. 那女人把 Joshua 控制得死死的, Joshua 居然還跟她在一起, 真瘋狂!

Example 2: The supervisor has been keeping Katie on a short leash after she lost a major client. Katie 失去一名大客戶之後, 上司便管她管得很緊。

 

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Leash 是用來栓動物 (特別是狗) 的皮帶。

 

A tight/short leash 把皮帶弄得很緊或很短, 狗的活動範圍就會變小, 沒辦法跑遠, 方便主人控制。

 

把人當狗一樣用狗繩狗鍊控制, 是不是很傳神的比喻呢?