pull strings englannista kaikille kielille - Sanakirja.org (englanti-*)

Kieli	Käännökset
ranska	tirer les ficelles, pistonner

(intransitive, idiomatic) To manipulate a situation, especially by asking favours of others; to use one's influence with others to attain a desired goal.
(intransitive, idiomatic, often with “the” or a possessive adjective (such as “his”) before “strings”, pull one's strings) To control a person, organization, or situation by operating behind the scenes, as a puppeteer controls a marionette.

Let me see if I can pull some strings to get it for you.
- Laisse-moi voir si je peux te pistonner un peu pour que tu l’aies.
It’s all about pulling strings.
- Tout est dans le piston.
He has the job not because of talent, but because his dad pulled strings with the boss.
Master of Puppets, I'm pulling your strings
Mr. Brown is touchy about accusations that he is a packaged candidate, and bristles at the suggestion that Mr. Caddell pulls his strings.
"It may have begun that way," says a senior Pentagon official, "but as these attacks grow more numerous, you get the sense that there's someone pulling the strings at a higher level."
But with the lively Dos Santos pulling the strings behind strikers Pavlyuchenko and Defoe, Spurs controlled the first half without finding the breakthrough their dominance deserved.

Partisiipin perfekti	pulled strings
Imperfekti	pulled strings
Partisiipin preesens	pulling strings
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens	pulls strings

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