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Decizie și Control - Obedience

Descoperiți cum expresiile idiomatice englezești precum "toe the line" și "come to heel" se referă la obediență în engleză.

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English idioms related to Decision & Control
to [dance] to {one's} tune

to do things as desired or required by someone else

Ex: She never let anyone dance to her tune; she made her own decisions.
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to [have] {sb} by the balls

to have power and influence over someone

Ex: Don't give them that information; they'll have you by the balls.
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like sheep
like sheep
[frază]

in a way that closely imitates what the others are doing in an unquestioning manner

Ex: They walked out like sheep because one person told them to.
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{one's} (wish|word) [is] {one's} command

used to demonstrate one's complete obedience

Ex: This is a partnership, not a place where your word is my command.
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to [have] {sb} (in the palm|eating out) of {one's} hand

to have someone under one's complete domination or control

Ex: With her charm, she had him eating out of the palm of her hand.
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under {one's} thumb

completely under one's direct control

Ex: He wanted independent advisers, not people under his thumb.
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to [wrap|twist|wind] {sb} around {one's} (little|) finger

to manage to convince someone to do whatever one asks of them out of love or respect that they have for one

Ex: Don't let him wind you around his finger just because you admire him.
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at  {one's} beck and call

at someone's complete service

Ex: He had his staff at his beck and call all day.
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to [come] to heel

to accept to obey someone

Ex: They thought public pressure would make him come to heel.
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to [say|give] the word {~noun}

to order someone to do something for one

Ex: Just say the word and I will arrange everything.
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to [bring] {sb} to heel

to use force to make someone do as one says

Ex: The king used taxes and soldiers to bring the nobles to heel.
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[have] {sb} by the short hairs

to have complete control over another individual

Ex: He pretended to be independent, but his investors had him by the short hairs.
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to [toe] the line

to unwillingly obey the rules and accept the ideas or principles of a specific group or person

Ex: In his company, everyone is expected to toe the line.
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