Hold the purse strings掌管金钱财务;掌握金钱或财务;掌握财权
tighten their purse strings节省开支
tighten the purse strings节省开支
held the purse strings掌握钱财
start tightening their purse strings开始节省开支
Untie One's Purse Strings掏腰包
loosen one's purse strings generously仗义疏财
N-PLURAL（复数型名词） If you say that someone holds or controls the purse strings, you mean that they control the way that money is spent in a particular family, group, or country. (家庭、团体或国家的)财政 ['the' N]
Women control the purse strings of most families.
在大多数家庭中，女人掌控着财政大权。