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Beslut och Kontroll - Obedience

Upptäck hur engelska idiom som "toe the line" och "come to heel" relaterar till lydnad på engelska.

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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

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to have somebody by the balls

to have power and influence over someone

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like sheep

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

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one's wish is one's command

used to demonstrate one's complete obedience

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to have somebody in the palm of one's hand

to have someone under one's complete domination or control

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under one's thumb

completely under one's direct control

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to wrap somebody 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

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at one's beck and call

at someone's complete service

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to come to heel

to accept to obey someone

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to say the word ~noun

to order someone to do something for one

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to bring somebody to heel

to use force to make someone do as one says

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have somebody by the short hairs

to have complete control over another individual

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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

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