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Jimmy Hung
2021-07-19 04:07
Pull (some/a few) wires phrase
To use someone's power or influence with others so that he or she gets what he or she wants or helps someone else
By pulling some wires, they won the debate, though their team's performance was poor.
She must have pulled some wires with the teacher to get such a high score as she and I made the same number of mistakes, yet I got a lower mark.
His father pulled a few wires to get him that plum job.
The verb "pull" must be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase dates back to the early 1800s.
Do you see anything wrong?
If you fall for someone's trick the first time then they are at fault.
Are you going to mess with me again? Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
