Vocabulary
糸を引く
いとをひく
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes
expression
verb
Example sentences
この事件(じけん)はだれかが糸(いと)を引(ひ)いているに違(ちが)いない。
Somebody must be at the bottom of this affair.
あの会社(かいしゃ)との取(と)り引(ひ)きは父(ちち)の代(か)から糸(いと)を引(ひ)くように切(き)れない。
Our transactions with that firm have continued unbroken since my father's generation.