In my home, my mom hold the purse strings.

在我家，我妈掌管财务。

He got his punishment, however, not from the author, but from the public who hold the purse strings.

他得到了处罚，但并不是作者给他的，而是那些手捂着钱袋的大众。

When people who hold the purse strings tell people asking for money to answer those three questions very specifically, they're asking for almost useless information.

当提着钱袋子的人（出资人）要求寻求资金的人十分详细地回答上面三个问题时，他们几乎是在询问一些无用的信息。

Nearly half of Japan's housewives keep money secret from their husbands and most of them doubt their spouses have any idea about it, a survey found, showing women's hold the purse strings here.

日本最新的一项调查显示，将近一半的日本家庭主妇背着丈夫存有私房钱，而她们中的大部分人都相信丈夫可能对此毫不知情。

In addition, ministries control special funds of their own, so the cabinet's hold over the national purse strings is weak.

另外，各省控制着自己部门的特别基金，因此内阁对全国财权的掌控力非常弱。