The other, until fairly recently, held the purse strings and the power.

They've got the purse strings, so we do what they say.

The people who own the company - the ones whose money is being used - need to have control over the purse strings.

Her husband has two jobs and now controls the family's purse strings.

A future where we hold the purse strings on all those who matter.

She held the purse strings on a fat insurance policy.

Power usually ends up in the hands of those who hold the purse strings.

She'd always kept a very tight hold on the purse strings.

The show already has a powerful claim on the purse strings.

It all had to do with purse strings, I suppose.