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- keep a slack rein on something 控制不紧
- The teacher kept a tight rein on his students. 那位教师对他的学生管得很严。
- We will have to keep a tight rein on expenditure in the next few months. 我们得严格控制最近几个月的开支。
- keep a slack rein 放松缰绳
- George keeps a tight rein on his children, but they still seem to get into trouble regularly. 乔治对他的孩子们管教很严，但他们似乎仍然时常陷入麻烦。
- It's essential to keep a tight rein on public spending. 对公共开支严加控制极为重要。
- We will have to keep a tight rein on expenditure in the next few month. 我们得严格控制最近几个月的开支。
- kept a slack reinv. 放松缰绳(漫不经心地管理)
- When practicing you shouldn't keep a slack hand, or your practice will mean nothing. 练手的时候也不能有丝毫的懈怠，否则就等于白练。
- What the company has to do is to keep a very tight rein on its spending until the financial situation improves. 公司现在必须做的是加强控制支出直至经济状况有所好转。
- The government is trying to keep a low profile on this issue. 政府力图在这个问题上保持低姿态。
- One who performs on a tightrope or a slack rope. 走绳索演员在一紧绳或松绳上表演的人
- If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. 若有人自以为虔诚,却不勒住他的舌头,反欺哄自己的心,这人的虔诚是虚的。
- This fact is not lost on the new Treasurer, Wayne Swan, who last week jokingly dubbed himself "Scrooge McSwan", promising to "keep a tight rein on public expenditure". 当前澳洲问题的根源在于，过去十年的矿业繁荣把澳洲人养富了，也养出毛病来了。
- Keep a vigilant eye on the imperialist jackals. 对帝国主义的走狗要保持警戒。
- They usually keep a light on at night. 他们通常夜里开着灯。
- January is always a slack period. 一月份总是萧条时期。
- How can I keep a family on such a miserable wage? 我怎么能靠这少得可怜的工资养家？
- George keeps a tight rein on his children,but they still seem to get into trouble regularly. 乔治对他的孩子们管教很严，但他们似乎仍然时常陷入麻烦。
- For a newcomer, a so-called greenhorn, there is nothing he can do, especially since the workmen are mostly Irish and one must speak English well in order to keep a tight rein on them. 对于一个新手，也没什么可做的了，因为工人大多是爱尔兰人，为了保持对他们的控制就必须说英语。
