handbag

purse

Esimerkkilauseet

We have to tighten the purse strings and only spend what is necessary.

Sport needs resources, and the public purse cannot provide all the necessary funding.

pocketbook

bag

Esimerkkilauseet

I would rather be telling you today that we had substantive results already in the bag.

The cat is out of the bag.

grip

Esimerkkilauseet

Basically, the more we lose our grip on morals, the more we tighten our grip on our wallet.

It is not pro - active enough to get a real grip on the situation.

Attempts are once again being made, rightly so, to get a tighter grip on money - laundering practices.

Until grip requirements are applied, these three amendments are therefore unacceptable.

That is the only way to get a grip on the problem.