英语词汇pull strings的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	pull strings
词源	pull strings. This expression was inspired by puppet masters of days past, who manipulated strings or wires on their mario- nettes from behind a curtain. Unseen, they completely control- led the actions of their puppets, so in the mid-19th century pulling the strings or wires came to mean controlling the affairs of humans from a distance as if they were puppets.
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