puppet on a string

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Translation of puppet on a string into Russian

Noun

control

person controlled by someone else
  • He felt like a puppet on a string in his new job.На новой работе он чувствовал себя как марионетка.
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Examples of puppet on a string in a sentence

  • The manager was just a puppet on a string for the CEO.

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Noun
марионеткаnf. - marionetka

He was jumpy, like a puppet on a string, made of barbed wire.

Он весь дёргался, словно марионетка на нитках из колючей проволоки.

I'm just your puppet On a string

Я твоя марионетка на веревочке

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Of the former caring government only a breaking up skeleton is left, steered from Brussels like a puppet on a string.

Из прежнего заботливого правительства остался только сломанный скелет, управляемый из Брюсселя, как марионетка на веревке.

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